Clinical nurse specialist education: Actualizing the systems leadership competency

Clinical Nurse Specialist

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 133-139

  Thompson, Cathy J ^a   Nelson Marten, Paula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Change agency; change project; clinical nurse specialist; competencies; graduate education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; LEADERSHIP; MANPOWER; NURSING DISCIPLINE; NURSING EDUCATION;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; LEADERSHIP; SPECIALTIES, NURSING;

EID: 79955156114     PISSN: 08876274     EISSN: 15389782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NUR.0b013e318217b5c5     Document Type: Article

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