Deliberate self-harm: Emergency department nurses' attitudes, triage and care intentions

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1704-1711

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

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Deliberate self harm; Emergency department; Nurses; Nursing; Triage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; AUTOMUTILATION; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTENTION; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; TRIAGE; VICTORIA;

EID: 34548238150     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2006.01555.x     Document Type: Article

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