Nurse Education Today
Volume 30, Issue 4 , Pages 370-375 , May 2010

Teaching nursing’s history: A national survey of Australian Schools of Nursing, 2007–2008

  • Margaret McAllister

      Affiliations

    • School of Health and Sport Sciences, Faculty of Science, Health and Education, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore DC, Queensland 4558, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 7 5456 5032; fax: +61 7 5456 5004.
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  • Wendy Madsen

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Science, Engineering and Health at Central Queensland University, Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia
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  • Judith Godden

      Affiliations

    • Department of History, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
    • ,
  • Jennene Greenhill

      Affiliations

    • Flinders University Rural Clinical School, South Australia, Australia
    • ,
  • Rachel Reed

      Affiliations

    • School of Health and Sport Sciences, Faculty of Science, Health and Education, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore DC, Queensland 4558, Australia

,Accepted 19 September 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2009.09.010

Nurse Education Today
Volume 30, Issue 4 , Pages 370-375 , May 2010

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