Capacity building of nurses providing neonatal care in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Methods for the POINTS of care project to enhance nursing education and reduce adverse neonatal outcomes

BMC Nursing

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Darlow, Brian A ^a   Zin, Andrea A ^b   Beecroft, Gina ^c   Moreira, Maria E L ^b   Gilbert, Clare E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c CHRISTCHURCH WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brazil; Continual professional development; Education; Neonatal care; Neonatal mortality; Neonatal nursing; Premature infant; Quality improvement; Retinopathy of prematurity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857962678     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6955-11-3     Document Type: Article

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