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Impact Of A Novel Application In Electrocardiogram Interpretation Confidence And Performance In Nurse Practitioner Students, Hailey Bobin Cole
Impact Of A Novel Application In Electrocardiogram Interpretation Confidence And Performance In Nurse Practitioner Students, Hailey Bobin Cole
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For the last hundred years and to this day, one of the most important diagnostic tools in medicine has been the electrocardiogram (EKG or ECG). The decision to pursue a life-saving intervention, or not, may be heavily based on the interpretation of the results of a diagnostic test. With the weight of impacts to outcomes, one would think there would be ample, if not excessive, time and effort given to teaching practitioners how to interpret an ECG. Unfortunately, with each graduating class of physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants, all of whom have within their scope of practice to interpret …