College of Nursing

Continuing Nursing Education
 

India: Cultural Sensitivity in Health Care Settings

Ruth Klawiter, RN, MS
Instructor
South Dakota State University
College of Nursing

This presentation was part of a faculty seminar to Hyderabad, India in June 05 with faculty from South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota and was sponsored by a Bush grant.

This continuing nursing education activity has been approved by CNE-Net, the education division of the North Dakota Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

 

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Last Update: October 2005
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