Nurses' perceptions of critical incidents

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-62

  O'Connor, Jillian ^a   Jeavons, Sue ^b  

^a Caulfield General Medical Centre   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

And debriefing; Clinical events; Critical incidents; Emergency; Grief; Nurses; Risk; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NORTH AMERICA; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; REGISTER; SEXUAL ABUSE; STRESS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CRITICAL CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PERCEPTION; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0037271288     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2003.02506.x     Document Type: Article

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