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Using Learning Outcome Measures to assess Doctoral Nursing Education
Published on: June 21, 2010
Kelly L Wiltse Nicely1, Julie Fairman
1K.L. Wiltse Nicely is assistant professor of nurse anesthesia, Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research, School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. J. Fairman is Nightingale Professor in Nursing and director, Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing, School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Postgraduate nurse practitioner (NP) residencies support practice transition but lack patient care impact data. While controversial, these programs should be encouraged, not mandated, to foster collaboration and patient-centered care.
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