Nursing Outlook
Volume 55, Issue 6 , Pages 303-310 , November 2007

Graduate education in geropsychiatric nursing: Findings from a national survey

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doi: 10.1016/j.outlook.2007.04.002

Nursing Outlook
Volume 55, Issue 6 , Pages 303-310 , November 2007

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