Exploring the concept of surge capacity

Online Journal of Issues in Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Adams, Lavonne M ^a  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster; Disaster planning; Disaster preparedness; Emergency preparedness; Nursing role in surge capacity; Surge capacity

Indexed keywords

EID: 69449103158     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10913734     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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