Nursing Outlook
Volume 55, Issue 4 , Pages 176-181 , July 2007

The value of specialty nursing certification

  • Bonnie Niebuhr, MS, RN, CAE
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  • Melissa Biel, DPA, RN

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    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Dr. Melissa Biel, 4244 Tulane Avenue, Long Beach, CA 90808.

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doi: 10.1016/j.outlook.2007.02.002

Nursing Outlook
Volume 55, Issue 4 , Pages 176-181 , July 2007