Journal of Pediatric Health Care
Volume 15, Issue 6 , Pages 291-298 , November 2001

Professional practice of pediatric nurse practitioners: Implications for education and training of PNPs

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☆1 Christine Kennedy is Associate Professor, University of California-San Francisco School of Nursing, San Francisco.

☆2 Lois S. Sadler is Associate Professor of Nursing and Director, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Specialty, Yale University School of Nursing, New Haven, Conn.

☆3 Kathleen M. Kenney is Clinical Associate Professor and Coordinator of Advanced Practice Nursing: Pediatrics, New York University School of Education, New York.

☆4 Linda L. Lindeke is Assistant Professor and Associate Clinical Specialist, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.

☆5 Arlene M. Sperhac is Associate Professor, Coordinator, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Program, Rush University College of Nursing, Chicago, Ill.

☆6 Elizabeth Hawkins-Walsh is Assistant Clinical Professor and Director, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Program, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC.

☆7 Funded in part by a grant from the Association of Faculties of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners, Inc.

☆8 Reprint requests: Patricia Ludder Jackson, MS, RN, PNP, FAAN, Department of Family Health Care Nursing, University of California-San Francisco, Room N411Y, San Francisco, CA 94143-0606.

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doi: 10.1067/mph.2001.115389

Journal of Pediatric Health Care
Volume 15, Issue 6 , Pages 291-298 , November 2001

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