Nurse Education Today
Volume 30, Issue 4 , Pages 344-349 , May 2010

Description and evaluation of an initiative to develop advanced practice nurses in mainland China

  • Frances Kam Yuet Wong

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hunghom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +852 27666419; fax: +852 23649663.
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  • Gangyi Peng

      Affiliations

    • Division of Medical Administration, Department of Health of Guangdong Province, China
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  • Eva C. Kan

      Affiliations

    • Alice Ho Mui Ling Nethersole Hospital, Tai Po, Hong Kong, China
  • ,
  • Yajie Li

      Affiliations

    • Nursing Department, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, China
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  • Ada T. Lau

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hunghom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
  • ,
  • Liying Zhang

      Affiliations

    • Nursing Department, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, China
  • ,
  • Annie F. Leung

      Affiliations

    • Caritas Medical Centre, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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  • Xueqin Liu

      Affiliations

    • Nursing Department, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, China
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  • Vilna O. Leung

      Affiliations

    • Caritas Medical Centre, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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  • Weiju Chen

      Affiliations

    • Nursing Department, The First Affiliated Hospital, Jinan University, China
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  • Ming Li

      Affiliations

    • Geriatrics Institute, Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital, China

,Accepted 3 September 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2009.09.004

Nurse Education Today
Volume 30, Issue 4 , Pages 344-349 , May 2010