Bittner, Nancy Phoenix; Bechtel, Cynthia Francis
About the Authors Nancy Phoenix Bittner, PhD, CNS, RN, is vice president for education and professor, Lawrence Memorial Regis College Nursing and Radiography Programs, Medford, Massachusetts. Cynthia Francis Bechtel, PhD, RN, CNE, CEN, is a professor and MSN Program coordinator, Framingham State University, Framingham, Massachusetts. The authors acknowledge the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for support of this work as part of the Academic Progression in Nursing grant. The authors are also grateful to Jean Supel, research manager with the University of Massachusetts Donahue Institute, for her support and contribution with data analysis. For more information, contact Dr. Bittner at [email protected].
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
doi: 10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000000178
