Education methods for maintaining nursing competency in low-volume, high-risk procedures in the rural setting: Bridging the theory to practice gap

Journal for Nurses in Staff Development

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages E1-E7

  Banks, Cassie M ^a   Gilmartin, Heather ^b,c   Fink, Regina M ^b,d  

^a Rural Health Clinic   (United States)

^b Vail Valley Medical Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING THEORY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; STANDARD;

ADULT; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, NURSING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING THEORY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953006369     PISSN: 10987886     EISSN: 15389049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NND.0b013e3181aa2f54     Document Type: Article

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