Telehealth Competencies: Leveled for Continuous Advanced Practice Nurse Development

Christina Dzioba1, Jacqueline LaManna, Cynthia K Perry

  • 1Assistant Professor (Dr Dzioba), School of Nursing, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers; Associate Professor (Dr LaManna) and Program Chair, School of Nursing, University of Central Florida, Orlando; Professor (Dr Perry), School of Nursing, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland; Assistant Professor (Dr Toerber-Clark), School of Nursing, Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas; Assistant Professor (Dr Boehning), Department of Nursing CSU Bakersfield, Bakersfield, California; Assistant Professor Tenure Track (Dr O'Rourke), School of Nursing, Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois; Professor (Dr Rutledge), Associate Chair, School of Nursing, and Co-Director of Center for Telehealth Innovation, Education, and Research (C-TIER), Old Dominion University, Virginia Beach.

Nurse Educator
|April 11, 2022
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