Evaluation of a critical care simulation series for undergraduate nursing students

Contemporary Nurse

Volumn 38, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 180-190

  Mould, Jonathan ^a   White, Haidee ^b   Gallagher, Robyn ^b  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Competence; Confidence; Critical care; Simulation; Undergraduate nursing

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959708930     PISSN: 10376178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/conu.2011.38.1-2.180     Document Type: Article

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