The Promise and Peril of High-Stakes Tests in Nursing Education

Journal of Nursing Regulation

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 4-8

  Spurlock, Darrell ^a  

^a Mount Carmel College of Nursing   (United States)

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EID: 84927051957     PISSN: 21558256     EISSN: 21558264     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2155-8256(15)30172-1     Document Type: Article

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