The essential SOAP note in an EHR age

Patricia F Pearce1, Laurie Anne Ferguson, Gwen S George

  • 1Patricia F. Pearce is an associate professor at Loyola University School of Nursing in New Orleans, La. Laurie Anne Ferguson is an associate professor at Loyola University, School of Nursing, New Orleans, La. Gwen S. George is an associate professor at Texas A & M International University, Laredo, Tex. Cynthia A. Langford is an associate professor at Loyola University, School of Nursing, New Orleans, La.

The Nurse Practitioner
|January 23, 2016
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