TY - T1 - Basic Competence of Intensive Care Unit Nurses : Cross-Sectional Survey Study SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/161875 T3 - A1 - Lakanmaa, Riitta-Liisa; Suominen, Tarja; Ritmala-Castren, Marita; Vahlberg, Tero; Leino-Kilpi, Helena A2 - PB - Y1 - 2015 LA - eng AB - Critical care patients benefit from the attention of nursing personnel with a high competence level. The aim of the study was to describe and evaluate the self-assessed basic competence of intensive care unit nurses and related factors. A cross-sectional survey design was used. A basic competence scale (Intensive and Critical Care Nursing Competence Scale version 1, Likert scale 1-5, 1 = poor and 5 = excellent) was employed among Finnish intensive care unit nurses (n = 431). Intensive care unit ... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - RECEPTOR-POSITIVE TUMORS; KNOWLEDGE; TC-99M; SAFETY; ACID; 318 Medical biotechnology; 3126 Surgery, anesthesiology, intensive care, radiology N1 - PP - ER -