Caring for America's Veterans: The power of academic-practice partnership

Nursing Administration Quarterly

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 263-271

  Miltner, Rebecca S ^a,b   Selleck, Cynthia S ^a   Froelich, Kimberly D ^b   Bakitas, Marie A ^a,b   Cleveland, Cynthia D ^b   Harper, Doreen C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic; Nursing education; Nursing research; Nursing service; Partnership; Practice; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ALABAMA; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; NURSING EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VETERAN;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ALABAMA; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; SCHOOLS, NURSING; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 84942578977     PISSN: 03639568     EISSN: 15505103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NAQ.0000000000000102     Document Type: Article

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