A Report on a National Study of Doctoral Nursing Faculty

Nursing Clinics of North America

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 435-453

  Dreher, H Michael ^a   Smith Glasgow, Mary Ellen ^b   Cornelius, Frances H ^a   Bhattacharya, Anand ^c  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

DNP faculty; Doctoral nursing faculty; Nursing faculty salaries; PhD faculty; Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868523643     PISSN: 00296465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cnur.2012.07.001     Document Type: Review

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