Flight Nurse Research Paper

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Hendrickx, Lori and Charlene Winters. "Access to Continuing Education for Critical Care Nurses in Rural or Remote Settings." Critical Care Nurse, vol. 37, no. 2, Apr. 2017, pp. 66-71. EBSCOhost, doi:10.4037/ccn2017999.

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