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Department Professional Issues| Volume 28, ISSUE 5, P466-469, September 2014

Health Care Economics and the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse

      Rush University College of Nursing

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      Biography

      Amy B. Manion, Assistant Professor, College of Nursing, Rush University, Chicago, IL.

      Biography

      Janice A. Odiaga, Instructor, College of Nursing, Rush University, Chicago, IL.