Applied Nursing Research
Volume 21, Issue 1 , Pages 8-14 , February 2008

Delegation: What it means to acute care nurses

  • Theresa S. Standing, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106-4904, USA
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  • Mary K. Anthony, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • College of Nursing, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242-0001, USA

Received 1 May 2005 ,Revised 10 July 2006 ,Accepted 10 August 2006.

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☆ This study was funded by the American Nurses Foundation.

PII: S0897-1897(07)00135-8

doi: 10.1016/j.apnr.2006.08.010

Applied Nursing Research
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