Nurse Education in Practice
Volume 8, Issue 6 , Pages 369-372 , November 2008

Practice educators in the United Kingdom: A national job description

  • John Rowe

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,Accepted 11 May 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nepr.2008.05.004

Nurse Education in Practice
Volume 8, Issue 6 , Pages 369-372 , November 2008

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