Surviving a life-threatening crisis: Taiwan's nurse leaders' reflections and difficulties fighting the SARS epidemic

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 3391-3400

  Shih, Fu Jin ^a   Turale, Sue ^b   Lin, Yaw Sheng ^c   Gau, Meei Ling ^d   Kao, Ching Chiu ^e   Yang, Chyn Yng ^e   Liao, Yen Chi ^f  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^e TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Leadership; Nursing; Severe acute respiratory syndrome; Taiwan; Triangulation research; Workforce issues

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERVIEW; JOB SATISFACTION; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; STATISTICS; TAIWAN;

ADULT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; JOB SATISFACTION; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66749167535     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2008.02521.x     Document Type: Article

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