Effectiveness of blood pressure educational and evaluation program for the improvement of measurement accuracy among nurses

High Blood Pressure and Cardiovascular Prevention

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 77-80

  Rabbia, Franco ^a   Testa, Elisa ^a   Rabbia, Silvia ^a   Praticò, Santina ^a   Colasanto, Claudia ^a   Montersino, Federica ^a   Berra, Elena ^a   Covella, Michele ^a   Fulcheri, Chiara ^a   Di Monaco, Silvia ^a   Buffolo, Fabrizio ^a   Totaro, Silvia ^a   Veglio, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blood pressure measurement; Education; Nurses

Indexed keywords

ARM; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE CUFF; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CHECKLIST; CLOTHING; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; NURSE TRAINING; PATIENT POSITIONING; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STETHOSCOPE HEAD;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING; HUMANS; ITALY; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT POSITIONING; PHYSICIAN-NURSE RELATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TEACHING;

EID: 84880301877     PISSN: 11209879     EISSN: 11791985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40292-013-0012-5     Document Type: Article

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