Work related post-traumatic stress as described by Jordanian emergency nurses

Accident and Emergency Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 89-96

  Jonsson, Anders ^a   Halabi, Jehad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BORÅS   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Emergency nurses; Jordan; Nurses; Work related post traumatic stress

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; JORDAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; NURSING RESEARCH; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JORDAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; NURSING RESEARCH; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PHYSICIAN-NURSE RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 33746411645     PISSN: 09652302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aaen.2006.02.001     Document Type: Article

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