Caring for those who care: A tribute to nurses and their safety

Online Journal of Issues in Nursing

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Foley, Mary ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b American Nurses Association   (United States)

^c Saint Francis Memorial Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE OXIDE; LATEX;

ALLERGY; ANAPHYLAXIS; BURNOUT; COLD EXPOSURE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DANGEROUS GOODS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MANAGEMENT; MEDICATION ERROR; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PATIENT CARE; PERSONAL MONITORING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THERMAL EXPOSURE; VACCINATION; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 5444243228     PISSN: 10913734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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