Who is the emergency room patient? An evolutionary concept analysis

Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 182-191

  Cypress, Brigitte S ^a  

^a City University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

Concept analysis; Emergency room patient; Rodgers evolutionary method

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; NURSING THEORY;

CONCEPT FORMATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; NURSING THEORY;

EID: 77953893261     PISSN: 07304625     EISSN: 15388646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DCC.0b013e3181de9a88     Document Type: Article

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