Addressing the Texas Nursing Shortage: A Legislative Approach to Bolstering the Nursing Education Pipeline

Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-48

  Green, Alexia ^a   Wieck, K Lynn ^b   Willmann, Jim ^b   Douglas, Wanda ^b   Jordan, Clair ^b   Fowler, Chris ^c  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Texas Nurses Association   (United States)

^c Texas Nurses Association ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

coalition; collaboration; health policy; legislative process; nursing education; nursing shortage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993683746     PISSN: 15271544     EISSN: 15527468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1527154403260139     Document Type: Article

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