The clinical nurse leaderSM: Impact on practice outcomes in the veterans health administration

Nursing Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Ott, Karen M ^a   Walters, Sandra E ^a   Haddock, K Sue ^a   Hardin, James W ^c   Fox, Sandra E ^a   Durand, Kerri ^d   Shinn, Julie K ^b   Harris, James L ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WILLIAM S MIDDLETON MEMORIAL VETERANS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d WJB Dorn VA Medical Center   (United States)

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