Scholarship and the Importance of Structures Supporting Scholarship

Abstract

Scholarship and the impact of scholarship represents an important and relevant phenomenon within nursing that crosses the history of the discipline. An important consideration is to reflect on the defining characteristics of scholarship and to consider the underlying structures that support scholarship. This preliminary article of this practice column provides a brief review and consideration.

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humanbecoming scholarship structures supporting scholarship

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