Caring for children with complex emotional and psychological disorders: Experiences of nurses in a rural paediatric unit

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 3441-3449

  Reid Searl, Kerry ^a   Dwyer, Trudy ^a   Happell, Brenda ^a   Moxham, Lorna ^a   Kahl, Julie ^b   Morris, Jodie ^a,b   Wheatland, Narelle ^b  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Queensland Government   (Australia)

Author keywords

Action research; Attitudes; Children; Mental health; Nurses; Nursing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HOSPITAL UNITS; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 70449558740     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2008.02567.x     Document Type: Article

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