Topic: Issues and Challenges in Advancing the Nurse Practitioner Role

Collegian

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 5-6

  Dunn, Sandra ^a  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 85021870031     PISSN: 13227696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1322-7696(08)60565-X     Document Type: Article

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