Nurse Education Today
Volume 30, Issue 7 , Pages 662-665 , October 2010

The clinical credibility of nurse educators: Time the debate was put to rest

  • Karen Ousey

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing and Health Studies, University of Huddersfield, Harold Wilson Building, Queensgate, Huddersfield HD1 3DH, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 (1) 484 473462.
    • ,
  • Peter Gallagher

      Affiliations

    • University of Otago, Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Mein Street, Wellington South Wellington, New Zealand
    • Tel.: +64 04 385 5541x4095.

,Accepted 23 December 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2009.12.021

Nurse Education Today
Volume 30, Issue 7 , Pages 662-665 , October 2010

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