International Emergency Nursing
Volume 18, Issue 1 , Pages 3-7 , January 2010

Research plan for developing trauma core competencies for nurses in Thailand

  • Krongdai Unhasuta, RN, EdD (Assistant Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Surgical Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10700, Thailand
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  • Marylou V. Robinson, PhD, FNP (Assistant Professor)

      Affiliations

    • College of Nursing, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: University of Colorado Denver, Colorado, 13120 E. 19th Avenue, Mail Stop C288-19, Aurora, CO 80045, USA. Tel.: +1 303 724 8564; fax: +1 303 724 8559.
    • ,
  • Kathy Magilvy, PhD, FAAN (Professor, Associate Dean for Academic Programs, PhD Program Director)

      Affiliations

    • College of Nursing, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO, USA

Received 26 May 2009 ,Revised 30 July 2009 ,Accepted 11 August 2009.

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PII: S1755-599X(09)00055-X

doi: 10.1016/j.ienj.2009.08.001

International Emergency Nursing
Volume 18, Issue 1 , Pages 3-7 , January 2010

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