Toward clarification of the doctor of nursing practice degree

Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 287-297

  Chism, Lisa Astalos ^a,b,c  

^a KARMANOS CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MADONNA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Doctor of nursing practice; Emergency nursing; Leadership; PhD degree; Policy; Scholarship; Terminal degree

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY NURSING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING INFORMATICS; NURSING ORGANIZATION; NURSING RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; UNITED STATES;

ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, GRADUATE; EMERGENCY NURSING; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING INFORMATICS; NURSING RESEARCH; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; SOCIETIES, NURSING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 73849128841     PISSN: 19314485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TME.0b013e3181be0fd6     Document Type: Article

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