Assessing advanced life support (ALS) competence: Victorian practices

Australian Critical Care

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 164-171

  Preston, Julie L ^a   Currey, Judy ^b   Eastwood, Glenn M ^c  

^a Epworth Eastern Medical Centre   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Advanced life support (ALS); Assessment; Competency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; REINFORCEMENT; RESUSCITATION; STANDARD;

ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; KNOWLEDGE OF RESULTS (PSYCHOLOGY); NURSING; VICTORIA;

EID: 70450285329     PISSN: 10367314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aucc.2009.05.002     Document Type: Article

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