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Scaling up the global nursing health workforce: Contributions of an international organization

  • Ellen E. Rukholm, RN, BScN, MScN, PhD, FCAHS

      Affiliations

    • Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing, Fifth Avenue Court, 99 Fifth Avenue, Suite 15, Ottawa, ON, Canada, K1S 5K4
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 613 235 3150x26; fax: +1 613 235 4476.
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  • Lynnette Leeseberg Stamler, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • College of Nursing, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
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  • Lise R. Talbot, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, University of Sherbrooke, Canada
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  • Geraldine (Polly) Bednash, RN PhD FAAN

      Affiliations

    • American Association of Colleges of Nursing, Washington, DC, USA
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  • Fay Raines, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • College of Nursing, University of Alabama in Huntsville, USA
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  • Kathleen Potempa, DNSc, RN, FAAN

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, University of Michigan, USA
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  • Pauline Nugent, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Health Sciences, Australian Catholic University, Australia
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  • Dame Jill Macleod Clark, PhD DBE

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Medicine, Health & Life Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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  • Sue Bernhauser, RN, MBA, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Council of Deans of Nursing & Health Professions, UK
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  • Barbara Parfitt, CBE, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • Global Health Development, Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland, UK

,Accepted 30 December 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.colegn.2009.01.001

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