Nurse-initiated defibrillation: are nurses confident enough?

Abstract

Nurses improve in defibrillation decision-making skills and confidence after appropriate brief, focused in-house training.

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Publication date

2011-12-21

Journal

Emergency medicine journal
Emerg Med J (1472-0213)

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Language

Eng.

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Emergency medicine journal : EMJ

Prince of Wales Hospital, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR, China. rolltai [at] hotmail.com

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Emerg Med J. 2012 Jan;29(1):24-7

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