Undergraduate nursing students' acquisition and retention of CPR knowledge and skills

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 218-227

  Madden, Catherine ^a  

^a South East Technological University   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Nurse education

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COGNITION; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; EMERGENCY; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IRELAND; KNOWLEDGE; LONG TERM MEMORY; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RESUSCITATION; STANDARD; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COGNITION; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EMERGENCIES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; IRELAND; KNOWLEDGE; MANIKINS; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); STUDENTS, NURSING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33344476182     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2005.10.003     Document Type: Article

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