Caring for older people in prehospital emergency care: Can nurses make a difference?

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1141-1150

  Melby, Vidar ^a   Ryan, Assumpta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ambulance nursing; Emergency care; Holistic care; Nurses; Older people; Quality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSING; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NORWAY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; NURSING STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESCUE PERSONNEL; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCES; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; EMERGENCY NURSING; FOCUS GROUPS; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NORWAY; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, NURSING; SWEDEN;

EID: 25844465806     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2005.01222.x     Document Type: Article

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