Perspectives of personal support workers and ventilator-users on training needs

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 244-250

  Brooks, Dina ^a   Gibson, Barbara ^a   DeMatteo, Dale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Education; Home ventilation; Personal support workers; Training; Ventilator users

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CANADA; FEMALE; HOME RESPIRATORY CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PERSONAL MONITORING; PERSONAL SUPPORT WORKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACHEOTOMY; TRAINING; VENTILATOR;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY HEALTH AIDES; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ONTARIO; PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 41149175902     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2008.01.018     Document Type: Article

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