An examination of emergency department nurses' attitudes towards deliberate self-harm in an Irish teaching hospital

International Emergency Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-35

  McCarthy, Linda ^a   Gijbels, Harry ^b  

^a University College Cork and INFANT Centre   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Deliberate self harm; Emergency nurses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUTOMUTILATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IRELAND; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 72949118478     PISSN: 1755599X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ienj.2009.05.005     Document Type: Article

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