Nursing Outlook
Volume 55, Issue 3 , Pages 151-155 , May 2007

Quality and safety curricula in nursing education: Matching practice realities

  • Gwen Sherwood, PhD, RN, FAAN

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Gwen Sherwood, PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing, Carrington Hall CB#7460, Chapel Hill, NC 27527.
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  • Karen Drenkard, PhD, RN, CNAA

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PII: S0029-6554(07)00061-9

doi: 10.1016/j.outlook.2007.02.004

Nursing Outlook
Volume 55, Issue 3 , Pages 151-155 , May 2007

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