Nursing Outlook
Volume 56, Issue 2 , Pages 56-62 , March 2008

Measuring the influence of professional nursing practice on global hospital performance in an organizational context

  • DiJon R. Fasoli, RN, MSN, MBA, PhD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: DiJon R. Fasoli, Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital (152), Bld 70, 200 Springs Road, Bedford, MA 01730.

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doi: 10.1016/j.outlook.2007.11.004

Nursing Outlook
Volume 56, Issue 2 , Pages 56-62 , March 2008

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