Development, initial reliability and validity testing of an observational tool for assessing technical skills of operating room nurses

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1187-1193

  Sevdalis, Nick ^a,b   Undre, Shabnam ^a   Henry, Janet ^b,c   Sydney, Elaine ^b,c   Koutantji, Mary ^a   Darzi, Ara ^a   Vincent, Charles A ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL PATIENT SAFETY AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Operating room; Operating theatre; Scrub nurse; Simulation; Skill; Training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; MANPOWER; NURSE; OPERATING ROOM; VALIDATION STUDY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; NURSES; OPERATING ROOMS;

EID: 67650744573     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2009.03.002     Document Type: Article

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