Education standards for critical care nursing: conceptual framework.
AACN exists to promote the health and welfare of mankind by advancing the science and art of critical care nursing. One of AACN's long-range goals is to promote educational standards for critical care nursing. As a prelude to dissemination of AACN's Education Standards for Critical Care Nursing, this article presented the conceptual framework used to develop this set of standards.
D003422:Critical Care; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D013041:Specialties, Nursing / Q000193:education*; D014481:United States