Nursing Outlook
Volume 57, Issue 5 , Pages 274-280 , September 2009

State funding for higher education and RN replacement rates by state: A case for nursing by the numbers in state legislatures

  • L. Antoinette Bargagliotti, DNSc, RN, ANEF

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Dr. L. Antoinette Bargagliotti, 100 Newport Hall, University of Memphis Loewenberg School of Nursing, Memphis, TN 38152.

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PII: S0029-6554(09)00118-3

doi: 10.1016/j.outlook.2009.06.002

Nursing Outlook
Volume 57, Issue 5 , Pages 274-280 , September 2009