Nurse Leader
Volume 7, Issue 1 , Pages 42-46 , February 2009

Implementing Programs of Nursing Research and Selecting Doctoral Nurse Leaders

  • Molly M. McNett, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • All authors are employed in the Department of Nursing at MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland, OH. Molly M. McNett, RN, PhD, is a senior nurse researcher, Jane Fusilero, RN, MSN, MBA, is the chief nursing officer and vice president of nursing, and Lorraine C. Mion, RN, PhD, FAAN, is the director of nursing research
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  • Jane Fusilero, RN, MSN, MBA

      Affiliations

    • All authors are employed in the Department of Nursing at MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland, OH. Molly M. McNett, RN, PhD, is a senior nurse researcher, Jane Fusilero, RN, MSN, MBA, is the chief nursing officer and vice president of nursing, and Lorraine C. Mion, RN, PhD, FAAN, is the director of nursing research
    • ,
  • Lorraine C. Mion, RN, PhD, FAAN

      Affiliations

    • All authors are employed in the Department of Nursing at MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland, OH. Molly M. McNett, RN, PhD, is a senior nurse researcher, Jane Fusilero, RN, MSN, MBA, is the chief nursing officer and vice president of nursing, and Lorraine C. Mion, RN, PhD, FAAN, is the director of nursing research

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doi: 10.1016/j.mnl.2008.04.011

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