SARS: Coping with the impact at a community hospital

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 101-110

  Tolomiczenko, George S ^a,b   Kahan, Meldon ^a,b   Ricci, Maria ^b   Strathern, Lynne ^b   Jeney, Christa ^a,b   Patterson, Karen ^c   Wilson, Lynn ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c Royal College of Occupational Therapists   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burnout; Communication; Disaster planning; Interprofessional; Nurse physician relationships; SARS; Survey; Workforce issues

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CANADA; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPLOYMENT; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FIRST AID; GENDER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MORALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; OCCUPATION; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKER;

ADULT; AGED; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; DISASTER PLANNING; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALE; NURSING CARE; PHYSICIAN-NURSE RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; WORKLOAD;

EID: 15944422534     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2005.03366.x     Document Type: Review

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