Nurse Education Today
Volume 29, Issue 8 , Pages 891-894 , November 2009

Is there a case for tailoring graduate programs for nurses who have previously practiced as Enrolled Nurses?

  • Katrina A. Cubit

      Affiliations

    • Calvary Health Care ACT, P.O. Box 254, Jamison ACT 2614, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 02 6264 7061; fax: +02 6201 6787.
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  • Bradley G. Leeson

      Affiliations

    • National Capital Private Hospital, Corner Gilmore Crescent and Hospital Road, Garran ACT 2605, Australia
    • Tel.: +61 02 62 226642; fax: +02 62 226639.

,Accepted 19 June 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2009.06.013

Nurse Education Today
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