The Doctor of Nursing Practice: A national workforce perspective

Nursing Outlook

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 9-17

  Cronenwett, Linda ^a   Dracup, Kathleen ^b   Grey, Margaret ^c   McCauley, Linda ^d   Meleis, Afaf ^e   Salmon, Marla ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NURSING EDUCATION; UNITED STATES;

ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; ECONOMICS, NURSING; EDUCATION, NURSING, GRADUATE; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78751517966     PISSN: 00296554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.outlook.2010.11.003     Document Type: Article

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