Meeting the nursing faculty shortage challenge: An accelerated doctoral program in nursing

Journal of Professional Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 366-370

  Scherzer, Teresa ^a   Stotts, Nancy A ^a   Fontaine, Dorrie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Doctoral program; Nursing; Shortage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CURRICULUM; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; NURSING EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, GRADUATE; EMPLOYMENT; FACULTY, NURSING; FEMALE; FOUNDATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 78349248221     PISSN: 87557223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.profnurs.2010.07.003     Document Type: Article

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