Work stress and posttraumatic stress disorder in ED nurses/personnel

Journal of Emergency Nursing

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 23-28

  Laposa, Judith M ^a   Alden, Lynn E ^a   Fullerton, Louise M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BURNOUT; CANADA; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRISIS INTERVENTION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NURSE; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; URBAN AREA; VIOLENCE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0037326233     PISSN: 00991767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/men.2003.7     Document Type: Article

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