The Journal for Nurse Practitioners
Volume 6, Issue 2 , Pages 140-145 , February 2010

Evidence-Based Management and Treatment of Outpatient Community-Associated MRSA

  • Janis R. Guilbeau

      Affiliations

    • Janis R. Guilbeau, DNP(c), FNP-BC, is a family nurse practitioner and instructor at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and DNP candidate at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
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  • Pamela N. Fordham

      Affiliations

    • Pamela N. Fordham, DSN, CRNP, FAANP, is assistant professor, chair of family/child health and caregiving, and project director of the palliative care NP program at the University of Alabama School of Nursing. She is also the deputy director of the UAB Center for Palliative Care.

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 In compliance with national ethical guidelines, the authors report no relationships with business or industry that would pose a conflict of interest.

PII: S1555-4155(09)00403-6

doi: 10.1016/j.nurpra.2009.07.011

The Journal for Nurse Practitioners
Volume 6, Issue 2 , Pages 140-145 , February 2010

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