Education and practice collaboration: Using simulation and virtual reality technology to assess continuing nurse competency in the long-term acute care setting

Journal for Nurses in Staff Development

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 163-169

  Landry, Michael ^a   Oberleitner, Melinda G ^a   Landry, Heidi ^b   Borazjani, June G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^b Lafayette Health Care Group ^*  (United States)

^c Louisiana Health Care Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSING EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; LOUISIANA; PROGRAM EVALUATION; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 33746817924     PISSN: 10987886     EISSN: 15389049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00124645-200607000-00001     Document Type: Review

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