Suicide assessment by psychiatric nurses: A phenomenographic study

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 248-256

  Aflague, John M ^a   Ferszt, Ginette G ^b  

^a RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 77949367144     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: 10964673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01612840903267612     Document Type: Article

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