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International Journal of Nursing & Clinical Practices Volume 2 (2015), Article ID 2:IJNCP-158, 5 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.15344/2394-4978/2015/158
Research Article
How does the Nurse Practitioner as the Most Responsible Provider Affect Care in Seniors Age 65 and Older Admitted to Hospitals in Ontario, Canada?

Michelle Acorn

Primary Health Care - Global Health NP Co-ordinator/Lecturer, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Lead NP, Lakeridge Health, Whitby, Ontario, Canada
Dr. Michelle Acorn, DNP, NP PHC/Adult, MN/ACNP, BScN/PHCNP, ENC(C), GNC(C), CAP, CGP, Primary Health Care - Global Health NP Co-ordinator/Lecturer, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; E-mail: kme_555@yahoo.com
14 October 2015; 08 December 2015; 08 December 2015
Acorn M (2015) How does the Nurse Practitioner as the Most Responsible Provider Affect Care in Seniors Age 65 and Older Admitted to Hospitals in Ontario, Canada? Int J Nurs Clin Pract 2: 158. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.15344/2394-4978/2015/158
© 2015 Acorn. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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