The doctorate in nursing practice. Moving advanced practice nursing even closer to excellence

Nursing Clinics of North America

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 225-240

  Dennison, Robin Donohoe ^a   Payne, Camille ^b   Farrell, Kathleen ^c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced degree; Advanced practice nurse; Advanced practice registered nurse (APRN); Doctor of nursing practice

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; STANDARD;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, NURSING, GRADUATE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIETIES, NURSING;

EID: 84860723051     PISSN: 00296465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cnur.2012.04.001     Document Type: Review

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