Critical Care Nurses' Experiences Caring for the Casualties of War Evacuated from the Front Line: Lessons Learned and Needs Identified

Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-49

  Kenny, Deborah J ^a   Hull, Mary S ^b  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b LANDSTUHL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; BURNOUT; EUROPE; GRIEF; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; METHODOLOGY; MILITARY NURSING; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SELF CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; WAR; WORKLOAD;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CRITICAL CARE; EUROPE; GRIEF; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MILITARY NURSING; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SELF CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 38349059678     PISSN: 08995885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2007.10.013     Document Type: Review

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