This literature review defines and describes the concept of competence in adult intensive
care nursing, with special reference to clinical and professional competence. The aim was to …

BACKGROUND: The application of knowledge to the care of critically ill patients is a
hallmark of professional nursing practice. However, the educational preparation of intensive …

Grounded in cumulative findings on teaching effectiveness from K-12 education, higher
education, and professional education, this process-product study empirically explored the …

This process-product replicated study examines the relationship between the clinical
teacher behavior effectiveness of critical care instructors and baccalaureate nursing …

Nationally agreed-upon standards for competence are needed for burn physical and
occupational rehabilitation therapists (BRTs) to define what constitutes safe and competent …

Background: Most methods of evaluating arrhythmia knowledge acquisition are internally
developed by nursing professional development practitioners and are institution specific …

It is increasingly recognised that nursing is most effective when directed towards the meeting
of specifically identified human needs, rather than concentrating primarily on the patients' …

Background: To accommodate a higher demand for critical care nurses, an orientation
program in a surgical intensive care unit was revised and streamlined. Two theoretical …

The purpose of this investigation was to examine the effect of patient acuity on clinical
decision making processes and outcomes of critical care nurses with varying levels of …

Choosing the best instrument to capture the phenomena of interest in a quantitative study is
a vital step in the research process. The research instrument is one's tool for data collection …