Nurse Leader
Volume 7, Issue 1 , Pages 20-25 , February 2009

Nurses Roll Up Their Sleeves at the Bedside to Improve Patient Care

  • Beverley Rolston-Blenman, RN

      Affiliations

    • Beverley A. Rolston-Blenman, RN is the chief nurse executive for Solaris' Muhlenberg Regional Medical Center in Plainfield, NJ

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PII: S1541-4612(08)00042-6

doi: 10.1016/j.mnl.2008.01.001

Nurse Leader
Volume 7, Issue 1 , Pages 20-25 , February 2009