Working in an overcrowded accident and emergency department: Nurses' narratives

Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 21-27

  Kilcoyne, Mary ^a   Dowling, Maura ^b  

^a MAYO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Access block; Accident and emergency; Burn out; Caring; Overcrowding; Powerlessness

Indexed keywords

EID: 51149111863     PISSN: 08130531     EISSN: 14474328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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