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Nurses' Knowledge, Beliefs, and Exercise Habits: A Focus on Cardiovascular Disease
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- Participation Instructions
- Review the course material online or in print.
- Complete the course evaluation.
- Review your Transcript to view and print your Certificate of Completion. Your date of completion will be the date (Pacific Time) the course was electronically submitted for credit, with no exceptions. Partial credit is not available.