Nursing Outlook
Volume 55, Issue 4 , Pages 210-211 , July 2007

Informatics competencies for nursing leaders

  • Bonnie L. Westra, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Bonnie L. Westra, RN, PhD, Assistant Professor and Robert Wood Johnson Executive Nurse Fellow, University of Minnesota School of Nursing, 5-160 Weaver Densford Hall, 306 Harvard St SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455.
    • Bonnie L. Westra, RN, PhD, is Assistant Professor and Robert Wood Johnson Executive Nurse Fellow, University of Minnesota School of Nursing, Minneapolis, MN.
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  • Connie White Delaney, PhD, RN, FAAN, FACMI

      Affiliations

    • Connie White Delaney, PhD, RN, FAAN, FACMI, is Dean and Professor, School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.

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 This work is funded through the Robert Wood Johnson Executive Nurse Fellowship for the primary author.

PII: S0029-6554(07)00141-8

doi: 10.1016/j.outlook.2007.05.005

Nursing Outlook
Volume 55, Issue 4 , Pages 210-211 , July 2007

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