Experiences of and actions towards worries among ambulance nurses in their professional life: A critical incident study

International Emergency Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 35-42

  Svensson, Anders ^a,b   Fridlund, Bengt ^a  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ambulance nurse; Ambulance service; Qualitative method; Worry

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CRISIS INTERVENTION; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY NURSING; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; SWEDEN;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AMBULANCES; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CRISIS INTERVENTION; EMERGENCY NURSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SELF EFFICACY; SWEDEN;

EID: 43849093294     PISSN: 1755599X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ienj.2007.10.002     Document Type: Article

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