Wisdom from Ignaz Semmelweis

Affiliations

¹ Katherine Frances O'Donnell is an advanced practice registered nurse at the University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Division of General and Minimally Invasive Surgery, and a faculty associate at the University of Texas Health Science Center School of Nursing Nurse Practitioner Program.

Katherine Frances O'donnell. Nursing. 2021.

. 2021 Oct 1;51(10):69-70.

doi: 10.1097/01.NURSE.0000791776.01619.8e.

¹ Katherine Frances O'Donnell is an advanced practice registered nurse at the University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Division of General and Minimally Invasive Surgery, and a faculty associate at the University of Texas Health Science Center School of Nursing Nurse Practitioner Program.

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