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International Journal of Nursing & Clinical Practices Volume 2 (2015), Article ID 2:IJNCP-113, 7 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.15344/2394-4978/2015/113
Research Article
An International Comparison of Professional Behaviors among Nurse Leaders in the U.S.A. and Japan

Michiko Tanaka1*, Kikuko Taketomi2, Yoshikazu Yonemitsu1, Rieko Kawamoto3

1R & D Laboratory for Innovative Biotherapeutics Science, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
2Department of Medical Education, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
3Japanese Nursing Association, Tokyo, Japan
Dr. Michiko Tanaka, R & D Laboratory for Innovative Biotherapeutics Science, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, Tel: +81-92-642-6310, Fax: +81-92-642-6834; E-mail: tmiciko@med.kyushu-u.ac.jp
03 December 2014; 03 February 2015; 05 February 2015
Tanaka M, Taketomi K, Yonemitsu Y, Kawamoto R (2015) An International Comparison of Professional Behaviors among Nurse Leaders in the U.S.A. and Japan. Int J Nurs Clin Pract 2: 113. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.15344/2394-4978/2015/113
This work was supported in part by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 26463277.

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