Caring for adults with intellectual disabilities: Perceived challenges for nurses in accident and emergency units

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 36-45

  Sowney, Margaret ^a   Barr, Owen G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accident and emergency nurses; Dependence on carers; Empirical research report; Focus groups; Intellectual disabilities; Lack of knowledge

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSING; FEAR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEARNING DISORDER; METHODOLOGY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION; PUBLIC RELATIONS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CAREGIVERS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, NURSING; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEAR; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; LEARNING DISORDERS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33744958418     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2006.03881.x     Document Type: Article

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