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Volume 18, Issue 4 , Pages 139-146 , December 2011

Factors influencing the supervision of nursing students administering medication: The registered nurse perspective

  • Kerry Reid-Searl, RN,RM, Bhlth Sc, MClin Ed, PhD

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  • Brenda Happell, RN, RPN, BA (Hons), Dip Ed, BEd, MEd, PhD

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Received 20 March 2011 ,Revised 19 May 2011 ,Accepted 23 May 2011.

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doi: 10.1016/j.colegn.2011.05.003

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