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Non-technical skills assessment for prelicensure nursing students: an integrati...
Pires, Sara; Monteiro, Sara; Pereira, Anabela; Chaló, Daniela; Melo, Elsa; Rodrigues, AlexandreBackground In nursing, non-technical skills are recognized as playing an important role to increase patient safety and successful clinical outcomes (Pearson and McLafferty, 2011). Non-technical skills are cognitive and social resource skills that complement technical skills and contribute to safe and efficient task performance (Flin et al., 2008). In order to effectively provide non-technical skills training, i...
Does rurality affect the outcome of trauma patients?.
Gomes, Ernestina; Moreira, Daniela; Chaló, Daniela; Dias, Cláudia; Neutel, Elisabete; Aragão, Irene; Costa-Pereira, AltamiroTo determine the impact of rurality in epidemiology, injury severity, health care facilities, length of stay, mortality, functional outcome and quality of life in severe trauma patients.All trauma patients admitted in our Emergency Room between 2001 and 2007. Data was collected from the prospective Trauma Registry and Follow-Up Registry 6 months after the accident. Patients were divided in three groups accordin...