Nurse Practitioner preparation: Is it time to move beyond masters level entry in Australia?

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 738-742

  Tuaoi, Lea Anne ^a   Cashin, Andrew ^a   Hutchinson, Marie ^a   Graham, Iain ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Doctorate; Nurse education; Nurse Practitioner; Nursing

Indexed keywords

EID: 80755163529     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2010.12.013     Document Type: Article

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