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Acknowledgements

This study was supported by institutional funding only. We thank Lotte Exterkate, MD, for assistance during hands-on training; Sander Rozemeijer, MD, for posing as a model for Fig. 1; and all medical and nursing staff for supporting the UltraNurse program.

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  1. Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, Location VUmc, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Amy Morreale Tulleken, Harry Gelissen, Erik Lust, Thomas Smits, Toon van Galen, Armand R. J. Girbes, Pieter Roel Tuinman & Paul W. G. Elbers

  2. Research VUmc Intensive Care (REVIVE), Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Amy Morreale Tulleken, Harry Gelissen, Erik Lust, Thomas Smits, Toon van Galen, Armand R. J. Girbes, Pieter Roel Tuinman & Paul W. G. Elbers

  3. Amsterdam Cardiovascular Science (ACS), Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Amy Morreale Tulleken, Harry Gelissen, Erik Lust, Thomas Smits, Toon van Galen, Armand R. J. Girbes, Pieter Roel Tuinman & Paul W. G. Elbers

  4. Amsterdam Infection and Immunity Institute (AI&II), Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Amy Morreale Tulleken, Harry Gelissen, Erik Lust, Thomas Smits, Toon van Galen, Armand R. J. Girbes, Pieter Roel Tuinman & Paul W. G. Elbers

  5. Amsterdam Medical Data Science (AMDS), Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Amy Morreale Tulleken, Harry Gelissen, Erik Lust, Thomas Smits, Toon van Galen, Armand R. J. Girbes, Pieter Roel Tuinman & Paul W. G. Elbers

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Tulleken, A.M., Gelissen, H., Lust, E. et al. UltraNurse: teaching point-of-care ultrasound to intensive care nurses. Intensive Care Med 45, 727–729 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-018-05512-x

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