Journal of Pediatric Nursing
Volume 25, Issue 5 , Pages 438-440 , October 2010

Improved Nurse Readiness Through Pediatric Mock Code Training

This was partially presented at the PAS meeting Hawaii May 2008.

  • Denice von Arx, RN, MSN, CNS

      Affiliations

    • Mercy San Juan Medical Center, Carmichael, CA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Denice von Arx, RN MSN, CNS.
    • ,
  • Robert Pretzlaff, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA

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 No extramural funding was used.

 No commercial financial support.

PII: S0882-5963(09)00263-2

doi: 10.1016/j.pedn.2009.09.006

Journal of Pediatric Nursing
Volume 25, Issue 5 , Pages 438-440 , October 2010

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