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Preface

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    Developing Author

    The developing author remixed existing open educational resources and developed original content.

    Myra Reuter Sandquist, MA, RN, Chippewa Valley Technical College

    Editors

    Kimberly Ernstmeyer, MSN, RN, CNE, CHSE, APNP-BC, Chippewa Valley Technical College
    Dr. Elizabeth Christman, DNP, RN, CNE

    Graphics Editor

    Nic Ashman, MLIS, Librarian, Chippewa Valley Technical College

    Copy Editor

    Jane Flesher, MST, Proofreader, Chippewa Valley Technical College

    Reviewers

    Lynn Barton, MSN, RN, Oregon Coast Community College
    Dr. Kathleen Capone, MS, RN, CNE, EdD, Nurses International
    Tammy Casey, RN, Chippewa Valley Technical College
    Tamara Davis, MSN, RN, Chippewa Valley Technical College
    Marie E. Dusio, MS, RN, Madison Area Technical College
    Stacey Grimm, BSN, RN, Lakeshore Technical College
    Magdalena Handy, RN, South Texas College
    Jill Henry, RN, Southwest Wisconsin Technical College
    Dr. Amy Olson, DNP, RN, Mayo Clinic
    Celee Schuch, Certified Nursing Assistant and Nursing Student, St. Catherine University
    Cynthia Theys, MSN, RN, MSOLQ, Northeast Wisconsin Technical College
    Gerri Van Oss, BSN, RN, Lakeshore Technical College
    Dr. Nancy Whitehead, PhD, RN, APNP, Milwaukee Area Technical College
    Amanda Yule, BSN, RN, Chippewa Valley Technical College

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    Attribution

    Content for this textbook was adapted from the following open educational resources. For specific reference information about what was used and/or changed in this adaptation, please refer to the footnotes at the bottom of each page of the book.

    Suggested attribution statement: Reuter-Sandquist, Myra. (2022). Nursing Assistant (K. Ernstmeyer and E. Christman, Eds.) by Chippewa Valley Technical College is licensed under CC BY 4.0

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