Assessment of CPR-D skills of nursing students in two institutions: Reality versus recommendations in the guidelines

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 237-239

  Mäkinen, Marja ^a   Axelsson, Åsa ^c   Castrén, Maaret ^d   Nurmi, Jouni ^a   Lankinen, Iira ^b   Niemi Murola, Leila ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI METROPOLIA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

benchmarking; cardiopulmonary resuscitation and defibrillation; guidelines; nurse; objective structured clinical examination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FINLAND; HEART ARREST; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; LEARNING; NURSING COMPETENCE; NURSING STUDENT; PERFORMANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTERED NURSE; RESUSCITATION; SWEDEN; ADULT; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT; BENCHMARKING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; STUDENTS, NURSING; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954493576     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0b013e328331471b     Document Type: Article

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