The DNP project: Quandaries for nursing scholars

Nursing Outlook

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 84-93

  Dols, Jean Dowling ^a   Hernández, Christina ^a   Miles, Heather ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE INCARNATE WORD   (United States)

Author keywords

Doctor of Nursing Practice project; Faculty resources; Scholarly project; Student writing skills

Indexed keywords

CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE CENTER; FACULTY PRACTICE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW; MODEL; SKILL; STUDENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; WRITING; ADULT; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGY; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; STANDARDS;

ADULT; CURRICULUM; DISSERTATIONS, ACADEMIC AS TOPIC; EDUCATION, NURSING, GRADUATE; FACULTY, NURSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STUDENTS, NURSING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84994453089     PISSN: 00296554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.outlook.2016.07.009     Document Type: Article

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