Nursing Outlook
Volume 54, Issue 4 , Pages 219-225 , July 2006

Innovations in geriatric nursing curricula: Experiences from the John A. Hartford Foundation Centers of Geriatric Nursing Excellence

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doi: 10.1016/j.outlook.2006.05.004

Nursing Outlook
Volume 54, Issue 4 , Pages 219-225 , July 2006