The experiences of health care workers employed in an Australian intensive care unit during the H1N1 Influenza pandemic of 2009: A phenomenological study

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 577-585

  Corley, Amanda ^a   Hammond, Naomi E ^a   Fraser, John F ^a  

^a THE PRINCE CHARLES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

H1N1 Influenza pandemic; Intensive care unit; Pandemic planning; Phenomonology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MANPOWER; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSING STAFF; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AUSTRALIA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77949489463     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2009.11.015     Document Type: Article

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