title: Second skill educational development of personnel for a single-room maternity care system.
abstract: A modified cross-training approach was used to train nurses for a single-room maternity care unit. This cross-training program included development of a skills list for the labor/delivery and nursery/postpartum areas and an instruction program including formal lectures, independent study, and clinical experience. The clinical part of the program was a preceptor-based experience. The results of this program indicated that competency-based skills and objective selection criteria are mandatory for a successful cross-training program.
authors.affiliation: St. Mary's Hospital, Minneapolis, MN 55454.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gerlach
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schmid
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006757:Hospital Units / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital; D009773:Obstetric Nursing / Q000193:education*; D009775:Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Hospital; D011181:Postnatal Care; D011247:Pregnancy; D011295:Prenatal Care