Applied Nursing Research
Volume 24, Issue 2 , Pages 110-113 , May 2011

Nursing Student Research Assistant Program: A strategy to enhance nursing research capacity building in a Magnet status pediatric hospital

  • Patricia A. Jamerson, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • St. Louis Children's Hospital, One Children's Place, PL-25, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 314 454 2731.
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  • Anne F. Fish, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • University of Missouri – St. Louis, 231 College of Nursing, One University Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63121, USA
    • ,
  • Geralyn Frandsen, Ed. D., RN

      Affiliations

    • Maryville University, 650 Maryville University Dr., St. Louis, MO 63141, USA

Received 25 July 2007 ,Revised 16 June 2009 ,Accepted 20 August 2009.

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PII: S0897-1897(09)00080-9

doi: 10.1016/j.apnr.2009.08.004

Applied Nursing Research
Volume 24, Issue 2 , Pages 110-113 , May 2011

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