The effect of education on hypothetical and actual oxygen administration decisions

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 651-660

  Considine, Julie ^a,b   Botti, Mari ^a   Thomas, Shane ^c  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NORTHERN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Decision making; Emergency nursing; Oxygen

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY NURSING; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATIENT SELECTION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; STANDARD;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EFFECT MODIFIERS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EMERGENCY NURSING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; PATIENT SELECTION; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VICTORIA;

EID: 34447519126     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2006.10.001     Document Type: Article

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