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Nursing is a profession that affords many avenues in which to practice. Nurses who are married to military service members have unique challenges as they progress through their careers. A military spouse shares a personal perspective of challenges and insight on how to overcome and persevere that may be relevant to others within the greater nursing community.

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California Research Bureau. (2013). Professional licensing and military spouses. Retrieved from https://www.library.ca.gov/crb/13/S-13-001.pdf.

Cozza

S. J.

, Goldenberg

M. N.

, & Ursano

R. J.

(Eds.). (2014). Care of military service members, veterans, and their families. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association.

Finding and Creating Opportunity: Nurses Married to Members of ‘the Military

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