Collegian
Volume 14, Issue 4 , Pages 4-5, 2007

Topic: Issues and Challenges in Advancing the Nurse Practitioner Role

    Associate Professor
  • Andrew Cashin, RN, MHN, NP, Dip App Sci, BHSC, MN, GCert PTT, PhD

Justice Health Nursing, New South Wales and Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Health, The University of Technology Sydney and President of the Australian Nurse Practitioners Association

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doi:10.1016/S1322-7696(08)60564-8

Collegian
Volume 14, Issue 4 , Pages 4-5, 2007

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