Public health nursing competencies for public health surge events

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 159-165

  Polivka, Barbara J ^a,f   Stanley, Sharon A R ^a   Gordon, Deanna ^b   Taulbee, Kelly ^c   Kieffer, Gloria ^d   McCorkle, Sheryl M ^e  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CAPITAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Logan Hocking County Health Department   (United States)

^d Zanesville Muskingum County Health Department   (United States)

^e Ohio Hospital Association   (United States)

^f Ohio Hospital Association ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Competencies; Disaster preparedness; Emergency preparedness; Public health nursing; Public health nursing competencies; Public health surge

Indexed keywords

EID: 39449136568     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: 15251446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.2008.00692.x     Document Type: Article

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