Pre-registration adult nurses' knowledge of safe transfusion practice: Results of a 12 month follow-up study

Nurse Education in Practice

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 101-107

  Smith, Fiona C ^a   Donaldson, Jayne ^a   Pirie, Liz ^a  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood transfusion; Evaluative study; Knowledge retention; Standardised teaching package

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MEMORY; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MEMORY; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SCOTLAND; STUDENTS, NURSING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 75949106921     PISSN: 14715953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nepr.2009.04.003     Document Type: Article

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