Hiring and incorporating doctor of nursing practice-prepared nurse faculty into academic nursing programs

Journal of Nursing Education

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 439-446

  Agger, Charlotte A ^a   Oermann, Marilyn H ^b   Lynn, Mary R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

EDUCATION, NURSING, GRADUATE; FACULTY, NURSING; HUMANS; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PERSONNEL SELECTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCHOOLS, NURSING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84906282880     PISSN: 01484834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01484834-20140724-03     Document Type: Article

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