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Neuroscience nursing : evidence-based practice / edited by Sue Woodward and Ann-Marie Mestecky.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-4051-6356-9 (pbk. : alk. paper) ISBN 978-1-4443-2918-6 (ebk) 1. Neurological nursing. 2. Evidence-based nursing. I. Woodward, Sue (Susan Janet), 1965- II. Mestecky, Ann-Marie.
[DNLM: 1. Nervous System Diseasesnursing. 2. Evidence-Based Nursing. WY 160.5]
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