Cardiac pain or panic disorder? Managing uncertainty in the emergency department

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 224-230

  Hamer, Helen P ^a   Mccallin, Antoinette M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Emergency; Mental health; Non cardiac chest pain; Nurses; Panic disorder

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY NURSE PRACTITIONER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NEW ZEALAND; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING MANAGEMENT; PANIC; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHEST PAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY NURSING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PANIC DISORDER; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK MANAGEMENT; TIME MANAGEMENT; TRIAGE; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 33750500920     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: 14422018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2006.00287.x     Document Type: Article

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