Acute care teaching in the undergraduate nursing curriculum

Nursing in Critical Care

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 11-16

  McGaughey, Jennifer ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competency based assessment; Critical care education; Critical care nursing; Early recognition skills; Evidence based practice

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MODEL; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING THEORY; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; TEACHING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACUTE DISEASE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; CRITICAL CARE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; MODELS, NURSING; NORTHERN IRELAND; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING THEORY; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PATIENT SIMULATION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; TEACHING;

EID: 65549129745     PISSN: 13621017     EISSN: 14785153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-5153.2008.00303.x     Document Type: Article

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