Uniformed Service Nurses' Experiences with the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Outbreak and Response in Taiwan

Nursing Clinics of North America

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 179-191

  Chou, Tsui Lan ^a   Ho, Li Yuan ^a   Wang, Kwua Yun ^a,b   Kao, Chi Wen ^b   Yang, Meei Horng ^c   Fan, Pao Luo ^d  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^c Wei Gong Memorial Hospital   (Taiwan)

^d MINISTRY OF NATIONAL DEFENSE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Military nursing; Response; SARS outbreak; Taiwan; Uniformed service nurses

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CROSS INFECTION; EDUCATION; EMOTION; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MILITARY NURSING; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SELF CARE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; TAIWAN;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EMOTIONS; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MILITARY NURSING; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; SELF CARE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TAIWAN;

EID: 77953627673     PISSN: 00296465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cnur.2010.02.008     Document Type: Review

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