Consensus Forum: Worldwide Guidelines on the Critical Care Nursing Workforce and Education Standards

Critical Care Clinics

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 393-406

  Williams, Ged ^a,b   Schmollgruber, Shelley ^c   Alberto, Laura ^d  

^a Faculty of Medicine Dentistry and Health Sciences   (Australia)

^b MAROONDAH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE NURSING; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL STUDENT; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING EDUCATION; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CRITICAL CARE; EDUCATION, NURSING, GRADUATE; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; SPECIALTIES, NURSING; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 33746732222     PISSN: 07490704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccc.2006.03.010     Document Type: Review

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