Nursing Outlook
Volume 57, Issue 6 , Pages 323-331 , November 2009

Assessing quality and safety competencies of graduating prelicensure nursing students

  • Dori Taylor Sullivan, PhD, RN, NE-BC, CNL, CPHQ

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Dr. Dori Taylor Sullivan, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Duke University School of Nursing, 307 Trent Drive, DUMC 3322, Durham, NC 27710.
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  • Denise Hirst, MSN, RN
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  • Linda Cronenwett, PhD, RN, FAAN

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PII: S0029-6554(09)00142-0

doi: 10.1016/j.outlook.2009.08.004

Nursing Outlook
Volume 57, Issue 6 , Pages 323-331 , November 2009

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