Nursing Outlook
Volume 56, Issue 2 , Pages 78-83.e1 , March 2008

Achieving diversity in nursing through multicontextual learning environments

  • Jean Foret Giddens, PhD, APRN-BC

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Dr. Jean Giddens, University of New Mexico, College of Nursing, MSC09 5350, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001.

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doi: 10.1016/j.outlook.2007.11.003

Nursing Outlook
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