Operation safe haven: The needs of nurses caring for refugees

International Journal of Nursing Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 183-190

  Griffiths, Rhonda ^a   Emrys, Elisabeth ^b   Lamb, Cathryn Finney ^c   Eagar, Sandy ^d   Smith, Mitchell ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c New South Wales Health   (Australia)

^d Macarthur Health Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

East Timor; Kosovo; Nurse; Refugee health; Safe Haven

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BURNOUT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COUNSELING; DISASTER; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INDONESIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFUGEE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARD; YUGOSLAVIA;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COUNSELING; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INDONESIA; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEW SOUTH WALES; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUGEES; RELIEF WORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 0043236244     PISSN: 13227114     EISSN: 1440172X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-172X.2003.00422.x     Document Type: Article

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