Nurse Education Today
Volume 30, Issue 3 , Pages 228-232 , April 2010

A United States perspective on the challenges in nursing education

  • Karen L. Rich

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, The University of Southern Mississippi, 730 E. Beach Blvd., Long Beach, MS 39560, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 228 669 9032.
    • ,
  • Katherine E. Nugent

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, College of Health, The University of Southern Mississippi, 118 College Drive, Box 5095, Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0001, United States
    • Tel.: +1 601 266 6846.

,Accepted 20 October 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2009.10.015

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