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Observational Study Protocol for Repeated Clinical Examination and Critical Care Ultrasonography Within the Simple Intensive Care Studies
Published on: January 16, 2019
When are new graduate nurses competent in the intensive care unit?
Myra V Reddish1, Lewis J Kaplan
1Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Yale-New Haven Hospital, Yale University School of Medicine, Surgical Critical Care and Surgical Emergencies, New Haven, Conn 06520, USA. Myra.Reddish@YNHH.org
Abstract:
Transitioning from the graduate nurse level to that of competent practitioner may be characterized as 5 distinct stages instead of 3 as previously thought. Educational and performance goals and challenges may be described for each stage to track a nurse's progress through a critical care nursing development program without the traditional prerequisite period of general ward service.
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