Perinatal nursing in uncertain times: The katrina effect

MCN The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 249-257

  Giarratano, Gloria ^a   Orlando, Susan ^a   Savage, Jane ^b  

^a LSUHSC School of Nursing   (United States)

^b Our Lady of the Lake College   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster; Empathy; Perinatal nursing; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; CYCLONE; DISASTER PLANNING; EMPATHY; FEAR; FEMALE; GRIEF; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MORALITY; NEWBORN NURSING; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; OBSTETRICAL NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANGER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CYCLONES; DISASTER PLANNING; EMPATHY; FEAR; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; LOUISIANA; MIDDLE AGED; MORALE; NEONATAL NURSING; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OBSTETRICAL NURSING; PATIENT ADVOCACY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 58149111274     PISSN: 0361929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NMC.0000326080.26870.85     Document Type: Article

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