Accident and emergency nurses' attitudes towards patients who self-harm

Accident and Emergency Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 4-10

  McCann, Terence ^a   Clark, Eileen ^b   McConnachie, Susan ^b   Harvey, Isabel ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accident and emergency nurses; Attitudes; Deliberate self harm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; AUTOMUTILATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGATIVISM; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 30444457395     PISSN: 09652302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aaen.2005.10.005     Document Type: Article

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