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Editor's choice| Volume 7, ISSUE 4, P230-236, August 1992

A center of nursing excellence: Supporting the professional practice environment

  • Karen Kelly Schutzenhofer
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    Address reprint requests to Karen Kelly Schutzenhofer, EdD, RN, CNAA, Director, Center of Nursing Excellence, St. Louis Children's Hospital, 400 South Kingshighway, St. Louis, MO 63110.
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    Center of Nursing Excellence, St. Louis Children's Hospital, 400 South Kingshighway, St. Louis, MO, USA
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      Abstract

      The Center of Nursing Excellence is a unique, multifaceted program that promotes the professional practice environment. The Center provides programs and services in six areas: career planning and development, nursing practice review, research and grants support, scholarly affiars, nursing outreach, and nursing resources. The Center serves as a resource to nurses at St. Louis Children's Hospital and in the nursing community at large.
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