Nurse Education in Practice
Volume 8, Issue 6 , Pages 373-381 , November 2008

A competency-based approach to the nursing research

  • Deborah A. Raines

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    • Corresponding Author InformationTel.: +1 561 297 2937.
    • From 2004–2006 Dr. Raines was the creator and Director of the Accelerated Second-Degree BSN Program at FAU.

,Accepted 30 March 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nepr.2008.03.004

Nurse Education in Practice
Volume 8, Issue 6 , Pages 373-381 , November 2008

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