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Original Articles

Career Choice and Longevity in U.S. Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurses

, PhD(c), MSN, PMHCNS-BC, , PsyD, MSN, PMHCNS-BC & , PhD, RN, AOCN, FAAN

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