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Competency-Based Onboarding: Strengthening Organizational Culture to Support New Nurse Faculty

Lisa Brennan1, Allisa T Sikes, Melissa Brown

  • 1About the Authors Lisa Brennan, DNP, MBA, RN, FNP-BC, CNE, is a clinical assistant professor, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, School of Nursing, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Allisa T. Sikes, MSN, RN, CNE, CEN, is a clinical assistant professor, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, School of Nursing, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Melissa Brown, PhD, RN, CNE, is a clinical associate professor, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, School of Nursing, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. For more information, contact Dr. Brennan at brenna66@uwm.edu.

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