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Volume 16, Issue 3 , Pages 139-146 , July 2009

Preparing nurses with enhanced mental health knowledge and skill: A major in mental health

  • Amanda Kenny

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Health Sciences, La Trobe University Bendigo Campus, PO Box 199, Victoria, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 3 5444 7545; fax: +61 3 5444 7977.
    • ,
  • Sue McConnachie

      Affiliations

    • Division of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Health Sciences, La Trobe University Bendigo Campus, Victoria, Australia
    • Tel.: +61 3 5444 7422; fax: +61 3 5444 7977.
    • ,
  • Eileen Petrie

      Affiliations

    • Division of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Health Sciences, La Trobe University Albury Wodonga Campus, Victoria, Australia
    • Tel.: +61 2 6024 9719; fax: +61 2 6024 9737.
    • ,
  • Gerry Farrell

      Affiliations

    • Division of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Health Sciences, La Trobe University Bundoora Campus, Victoria, Australia
    • Tel.: +61 3 9479 5868; fax: +61 3 9479 5842.

Received 31 July 2008 ,Revised 21 October 2008 ,Accepted 5 November 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.colegn.2008.11.001

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