Measuring paediatric intensive care nursing knowledge in Australia and New Zealand: How the Basic Knowledge Assessment Tool for pediatric critical care nurses (PEDS-BKAT4) performs

Australian Critical Care

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 36-42

  Long, Debbie ^a,b   Young, Jeanine ^a,b   Rickard, Claire M ^b   Mitchell, Marion L ^b,c  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Critical care; Knowledge; Multiple choice questions; Paediatrics; PEDS BKAT4

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE NURSING; NEW ZEALAND; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CRITICAL CARE NURSING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84875373619     PISSN: 10367314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aucc.2012.02.004     Document Type: Article

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