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Creating a successful clinical extern program using a program planning logic model.

Susan Stinson·Colleen Wilkinson
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Creative programs, such as a clinical externship for employment of nursing students, can be successfully created using a program planning logic model. The planning, implementation, and evaluation components of a clinical extern program will be demonstrated using logic model. The use of the logic model was instrumental to the success of the program.

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Susan Stinson, Colleen Wilkinson. Creating a successful clinical extern program using a program planning logic model.. https://doi.org/10.1097/00124645-200405000-00007

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