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Justifying an obstetrics early discharge program.

M T Messier
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A clinical conclusion from a research article, applied hypothetically to a nursing administration problem, demonstrates the importance of applying research to practice and sharing the results with the profession at large. This proposal identifies a needed service, its market and the means to implement the service--developing an early discharge program for mothers and their newborns.

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M T Messier. 1993. Justifying an obstetrics early discharge program.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8367124/

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