Nurse Education Today
Volume 31, Issue 2 , Pages 163-167 , February 2011

Employer-based support for registered nurses undertaking postgraduate study via distance education

  • Kirsten E. Black

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    • 11 Franklin Street, West Hobart, Tasmania, 7000, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 3 6222 5400.
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  • Ann Bonner

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    • Charles Sturt University Locked Bag 588 Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, 2678, Australia
    • Tel.: +61 2 6933 2104; fax: +61 2 6933 2866.

,Accepted 25 May 2010.

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Nurse Education Today
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