The psychosocial functioning of nurses in a burn unit

Burns

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 253-258

  Steenkamp, W C ^a   Van Der Merwe, A E ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Burns; Coping skills; Psychosocial functioning; Stress

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; NURSE; OBSTETRICS; PLASTIC SURGERY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS; SUPPORT GROUP; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKLOAD;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BURN UNITS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; JOB SATISFACTION; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0032079079     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4179(98)00010-2     Document Type: Article

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