Retention of nurses' knowledge after basic life support and advanced cardiac life support training at immediate, 6-month, and 12-month post-training intervals: A longitudinal study of nurses in Turkey

Journal of Emergency Nursing

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 146-152

  Bukiran, Aytac ^a   Erdur, Bulent ^b   Ozen, Mert ^b   Bozkurt, Ali Ihsan ^b  

^a Aydin State Hospital   (Turkey)

^b PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; RESUSCITATION; TIME; TURKEY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897613312     PISSN: 00991767     EISSN: 15272966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jen.2012.08.011     Document Type: Article

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