Transversal Competencies in Operating Room Nurses: A Hierarchical Task Analysis.
Background: Ensuring the safety of patients in the operating room, through the monitoring and prevention of adverse events is a central priority of healthcare delivery. In the professionalization of operating room nurses, the processes of identifying, assessing, developing, monitoring, and certifyin...
| Publicado en: | Nursing Reports Vol. 15; no. 6; pp. 200 - 224 |
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