Geriatric Nursing
Volume 28, Issue 3 , Pages 167-168 , May 2007

Assessment of Renal Status and Related Research

  • Kathryn Daniel, MS, APRN-BC, ANP, GNP

      Affiliations

    • KATHRYN DANIEL, MS, APRN-BC, ANP, GNP, is a graduate research assistant and doctoral candidate at the Center for Nursing Research University of Texas at Arlington. Since 1993, she has worked in the advanced practice care of long-term care residents and home-dwelling patients in Dallas, Tarrant, and Denton counties as well as in geriatric primary care in the Dallas area.

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PII: S0197-4572(07)00111-5

doi: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2007.04.010

Geriatric Nursing
Volume 28, Issue 3 , Pages 167-168 , May 2007

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