Nurse Education in Practice
Volume 9, Issue 6 , Pages 393-397 , November 2009

Problem-based learning and clinical practice: The nurse practitioners’ perspective

,Accepted 18 January 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nepr.2009.01.010

Nurse Education in Practice
Volume 9, Issue 6 , Pages 393-397 , November 2009

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