Collegian
Volume 16, Issue 2 , Pages 55-62 , April 2009

Advanced nursing practice: A global perspective

  • Christine Duffield, BScN MHP PhD RN

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Health Services Management, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: University of Technology, Centre for Health Services Management, Office Level 7, 235-235 Jones St, PO Box 123, Broadway (City Campus), Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia. Tel.: +61 2 9514 4831; fax: +61 2 9514 4835.
    • ,
  • Glenn Gardner, RN, BappSc (Adv Nursg), MEdSt, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Queensland University of Technology and Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Australia
    • ,
  • Anne M. Chang, RN, DipNEd, BEdST (Hons) MEdSt, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Queensland University of Technology and Queensland Centre for Evidence Based Nursing & Midwifery, Mater Health Services, Brisbane, Australia
    • ,
  • Christine Catling-Paull, MSc RN RM

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Health Services Management, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia

Received 13 January 2009 ,Accepted 9 February 2009.

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