Doctor of nursing practice by 2015: An examination of nursing schools' decisions to offer a doctor of nursing practice degree

Nursing Outlook

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 219-226

  Martsolf, Grant R ^a   Auerbach, David I ^a,c   Spetz, Joanne ^b   Pearson, Marjorie L ^a   Muchow, Ashley N ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced practice registered nurses; Doctor of nursing practice; Nursing education

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; EDUCATION; HUMAN; NURSING EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; CREDENTIALING; EDUCATION, NURSING, GRADUATE; HUMANS; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; SCHOOLS, NURSING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84925946390     PISSN: 00296554     EISSN: 15283968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.outlook.2015.01.002     Document Type: Article

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