Newborn and Infant Nursing Reviews
Volume 8, Issue 1 , Pages 30-35 , March 2008

A Genetic Services Practice Model: Advanced Practice Nurse and Genetic Counselor Team

  • Lori Williamson, MS, CGC

      Affiliations

    • University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
    • University of Missouri–Columbia, Department of Child Health, Section of Genetics
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Lori Williamson, MS, CGC, University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Department of Pediatrics, 940 NE 13th Street, Room B2418, Oklahoma City, OK 73104.
    • ,
  • Donna B. LeBlanc, MSN, APN, BC-FNP

      Affiliations

    • Student Health Services, University of Central Arkansas, Conway, Arkansas
    • University of Missouri–Columbia, Department of Child Health, Section of Genetics

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☆ Health Resources and Services Administration grant number: 1 H46 MC 00161.

PII: S1527-3369(07)00191-2

doi: 10.1053/j.nainr.2007.12.011

Newborn and Infant Nursing Reviews
Volume 8, Issue 1 , Pages 30-35 , March 2008

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