The DNP Project Roadmap

Kerry A Milner1, Susan Farus-Brown, Mary C Zonsius

  • 1Kerry A. Milner is an adjunct professor in the Davis and Henley College of Nursing at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, CT. Susan Farus-Brown is an associate professor at the Ohio University School of Nursing in Athens, OH. Mary C. Zonsius is an associate professor at the Rush University College of Nursing in Chicago, IL. Ellen Fineout-Overholt is a consultant and coach at Thought Transformation for Life in Hallsville, TX. Contact author: Kerry A. Milner, milnerk@sacredheart.edu. The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.

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