Study of Queensland emergency department nurses' actions and formal and informal procedures for clients who self-harm

International Journal of Nursing Practice

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 184-190

  McAllister, Margaret ^a   Creedy, Debra ^a   Moyle, Wendy ^a   Farrugia, Charles ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Deliberate self harm; Emergency department; Nursing actions; Practice procedures; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUTOMUTILATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSING; HUMAN; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; STATISTICS;

EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUEENSLAND; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0036676941     PISSN: 13227114     EISSN: 1440172X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-172X.2002.00359.x     Document Type: Article

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