title: Innovations in basic life support education for healthcare providers: improving competence in cardiopulmonary resuscitation through self-directed learning.
abstract: Providing cardiopulmonary resuscitation is an essential competency for nurses. Nurse educators involved in staff development and continuing education spend numerous hours offering basic life support courses and conducting performance improvement activities such as mock codes. This study provides evidence that cardiopulmonary resuscitation performance skills using self-directed learning methods are as good as or, on a number of parameters, better than those achieved with a more resource- and time-intensive traditional approach.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of Texas, 411 S. Nedderman, Arlington, TX 76019-0407, USA. clcason@uta.edu
authors.forename: Carolyn L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Cason
authors.forename: Suzan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kardong-Edgren
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cazzell
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Behan
authors.forename: Mary Elizabeth
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Mancini
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / Q000193:education*; D002983:Clinical Competence; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013192:Staff Development