The volunteer potential of inactive nurses for disaster preparedness

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 414-421

  Fothergill, Alice ^a   Palumbo, Mary Val ^a   Rambur, Betty ^b   Reinier, Kyndaron ^c   McIntosh, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b University of Vermont   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency preparedness; Inactive nurses; Volunteer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISASTER PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATA COLLECTION; DISASTER PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; VERMONT; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 27344450074     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0737-1209.2005.220506.x     Document Type: Article

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