Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 24, Issue 6 , Pages 327-328 , December 2008

Moving to all-graduate nursing in England—Implications for the nursing workforce

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Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 24, Issue 6 , Pages 327-328 , December 2008