Psychiatry at the Front Line: CPNs working outside regular hours in an inner-city A&E department

Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 445-450

  McEvoy, P ^a,b  

^a GREATER MANCHESTER MENTAL HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b Willows Centre for Health Care   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accident emergency; Assessment; Audit; CPN; Out of hours; Patient characteristics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; MANPOWER; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MORBIDITY; NURSING; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WORK; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY SERVICES, PSYCHIATRIC; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; JOB DESCRIPTION; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MORBIDITY; NIGHT CARE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0032248654     PISSN: 13510126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2850.1998.560445.x     Document Type: Article

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