Nursing Outlook
Volume 57, Issue 2 , Pages 93-98 , March 2009

Role and quality of nurse practitioner practice: A policy issue

  • Connie Mullinix, PhD, MBA, MPH, RN

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Dr. Connie Mullinix, Associate Professor, Nursing Leadership Concentration, East Carolina University, College of Nursing, 600 Moye Blvd, Greenville, NC 27834
    • ,
  • Dawn P. Bucholtz, MPH

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doi: 10.1016/j.outlook.2008.07.006

Nursing Outlook
Volume 57, Issue 2 , Pages 93-98 , March 2009

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