title: Teaching cardiopulmonary resuscitation in a developing country: using Nicaragua as a model.
abstract: This article discusses the experience of teaching cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) within a cross-cultural context. The purpose of the two CPR programs, to both the physicians and nurses at the Ministry of Health and the faculty at the UPOLI School of Nursing, were to "train the trainer" using these health professionals to become trainers in the area of CPR.
authors.affiliation: Ohio Valley General Hospital, Duquesne University School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ross
mesh_terms: D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / Q000193:education*; D003422:Critical Care; D003906:Developing Countries; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007393:International Educational Exchange; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009527:Nicaragua; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education*; D016746:Transcultural Nursing; D014481:United States / Q000208:ethnology