Cardiology: improving nurses' resuscitation skills.
Nurses have a crucial role to play in determining whether victims of cardiac arrest survive, but skills vary and, perhaps because of the onerous responsibility placed upon them, some nurses feel less than confident in using their abilities to the full. The author describes a resuscitation training course for staff in one hospital, designed to bolster confidence and to ensure all nurses are equally competent in giving assistance when cardiac arrest occurs.
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D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D006323:Heart Arrest; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education*; D012151:Resuscitation / Q000379:methods*