Teaching pre-registration student nurses to assess acutely ill patients: An evaluation of an acute illness management programme

Nurse Education in Practice

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 343-351

  Steen, Colin D ^a   Costello, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute illness management; Critical care; Evaluation; Nurse education; Nursing students

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EVALUATION; HUMAN; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; EDUCATION, NURSING; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 48549105466     PISSN: 14715953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nepr.2007.12.001     Document Type: Article

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