A teaching tool in spinal anesthesia

Journal of the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 29-36

  Allen, Jaylin ^a   Meincke, Kristin ^b   Ramirez, Marita ^b   Watts, Richard ^c   Marienau, Mary Shirk ^d  

^a Meritcare Health System   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c Mt View Hospital   (United States)

^d Mayo School of Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Haptic sense; Simulator; Spinal anesthesia; Teaching tool; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; MODEL; NEEDLE; NURSE; SKILL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT T TEST; TEACHING; TOUCH; VISION; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; EDUCATION, NURSING, GRADUATE; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; NURSE ANESTHETISTS; TEACHING;

EID: 0037324438     PISSN: 00946354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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