Simulated Codes: Understanding the Response of Undergraduate Nursing Students

Clinical Simulation in Nursing

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Leighton, Kim ^a   Scholl, Karla ^a  

^a BryanLGH College of Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

BLS; cardiopulmonary arrest; code; confidence; fear; nursing students; patient simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 68049138039     PISSN: 18761399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecns.2009.05.058     Document Type: Article

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