Geriatric Nursing
Volume 28, Issue 1 , Pages 41-42 , January 2007

Advance Practice Nursing and Sexual Functioning in Late Life

  • Rebecca Mosley

      Affiliations

    • REBECCA MOSLEY is an undergraduate student at Florida Atlantic University. She has a special interest in nursing care of older adults and anticipates a career as a gerontological nurse practitioner.
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  • Kathleen F. Jett, PhD, GNP, BC

      Affiliations

    • KATHLEEN F. JETT, PhD, GNP, BC, is an associate professor at the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing at Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, and the NCGNP section editor for GN.

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PII: S0197-4572(06)00359-4

doi: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2006.11.011

Geriatric Nursing
Volume 28, Issue 1 , Pages 41-42 , January 2007

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