Collegian
Volume 13, Issue 1 , Pages 23-30 , 2006

A framework for description and evaluation of the Nurse Specialist role in South Australia

    Professor
  • Sandra Dunn, RN, PhD, FRCNA (Chair of Nursing Practice)

      Affiliations

    • Flinders University/Flinders Medical Centre
  • ,
  • Leigh Pretty, RN, MRCNA, CNC (Continence Clinic)

      Affiliations

    • Repatriation General Hospital
  • ,
  • Margaret Martin, RN, BN, MHServ Man, MRCNA (Deputy Director: Surgical and Specialty Services Division)

      Affiliations

    • Flinders University/Flinders Medical Centre
  • ,
  • Lee-Anne Gassner, RN, Dip App Sc, BN, MSc(PHC) (Research Associate)

      Affiliations

    • Flinders University/Flinders Medical Centre

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PII: S1322-7696(08)60513-2

doi: 10.1016/S1322-7696(08)60513-2

Collegian
Volume 13, Issue 1 , Pages 23-30 , 2006