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How Nurse Leaders Can Fix Our Healthcare System

  • Author Footnotes
    * Susan B. Hassmiller, PhD, RN, FAAN, is senior program officer at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and director, Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action
    Susan B. Hassmiller
    Footnotes
    * Susan B. Hassmiller, PhD, RN, FAAN, is senior program officer at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and director, Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action
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  • Author Footnotes
    * Winifred V. Quinn, PhD, is director, Advocacy & Consumer Affairs, Center to Champion Nursing in America, a joint initiative of AARP, the AARP Foundation, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, in Washington, DC.
    Winifred V. Quinn
    Footnotes
    * Winifred V. Quinn, PhD, is director, Advocacy & Consumer Affairs, Center to Champion Nursing in America, a joint initiative of AARP, the AARP Foundation, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, in Washington, DC.
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  • Author Footnotes
    * Susan B. Hassmiller, PhD, RN, FAAN, is senior program officer at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and director, Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action
    * Winifred V. Quinn, PhD, is director, Advocacy & Consumer Affairs, Center to Champion Nursing in America, a joint initiative of AARP, the AARP Foundation, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, in Washington, DC.
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