Nursing Outlook
Volume 57, Issue 3 , Pages 166-171 , May 2009

Bridges to the doctorate: Mentored transition to successful completion of doctoral study for underrepresented minorities in nursing science

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 This work was supported in part by NIGMS, NIH (5R25 GM067590-05).

PII: S0029-6554(09)00004-9

doi: 10.1016/j.outlook.2009.01.004

Nursing Outlook
Volume 57, Issue 3 , Pages 166-171 , May 2009