The clinical nurse specialist role: perspectives of an administrator.

Clin Nurse Spec

Author Affiliation: Director, Advanced Practice, Med/Surg, Critical Care, Emergency and Psychiatry Services, Duke University Hospital, Durham, North Carolina.

Published: April 2014

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