Nurse Leader
Volume 4, Issue 2 , Pages 44-46 , April 2006

Six Sigma: Bringing it to your team

  • Michelle Myers Glower, RN, MSM

      Affiliations

    • Michelle Myers Glower, RN, MSM, is the director of the SICU, STU, and CSY at Rush North Shore Medical Center in Skokie, Illinois.

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PII: S1541-4612(06)00008-5

doi: 10.1016/j.mnl.2006.01.007

Nurse Leader
Volume 4, Issue 2 , Pages 44-46 , April 2006