Workload and the nurse faculty shortage: Implications for policy and research

Nursing Outlook

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Gerolamo, Angela M ^a   Roemer, Grace F ^a  

^a MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Nurse faculty; Workload

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052927032     PISSN: 00296554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.outlook.2011.01.002     Document Type: Article

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