The Hartford Geriatric Nursing Initiative experience in geriatric nursing education: Looking back, looking forward

Nursing Outlook

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 228-235

  Bednash, Geraldine ^a   Mezey, Mathy ^b   Tagliareni, Elaine ^c  

^a AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF NURSING   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c National League for Nursing   (United States)

Author keywords

Geriatric education

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; NURSING EDUCATION; UNITED STATES;

AGED; EDUCATION, NURSING; FOUNDATIONS; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMANS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960219409     PISSN: 00296554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.outlook.2011.05.012     Document Type: Article

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