The impact of a postgraduate critical care course on nursing practice

Nurse Education in Practice

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 169-175

  Armstrong, Dorothy J ^a   Adam, Joan ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING EDUCATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHENOMENOLOGY; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; UNIVERSITY;

EID: 0036744862     PISSN: 14715953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/nepr.2002.0066     Document Type: Article

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