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</placeName><wicri:cityArea>Felicitas A. dela Cruz, RN, DNSc, lota Sigma, is Professor and Program Director, High Risk Home Health Nursing Clinical Specialty Program at Azusa Pacific University School of Nursing, Azusa, California. This study was supported in part by grants from Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, Azusa Pacific University (APU) Research and Development Council, and APU School of Nursing Research Committee. Thanks to the home health care nurses for serving as study informants; Mary P. Quayhagen, RN, DNSc, FAAN, Mary Ann Hautman, RN, PhD, and Rosemary Goodyear, RN, EdD, all at the University of San Diego, and Barbara Artinian, RN, PhD, Azusa Pacific University, for assistance and encouragement; Sally Hutchinson, RN, PhD, University of Florida‐Jacksonville, and Juliet Corbin, RN, DNSc, San Jose State University and University of California‐San Francisco, for their helpful comments and suggestions at the inception and completion of the study. Correspondence to Azusa Pacific University, School of Nursing, 901 East Alosta Avenue, Azusa</wicri:cityArea>
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