Recognising our role: Improved confidence of general nurses providing care to young people with a mental illness in a rural paediatric unit

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 9-10, 2010, Pages 1434-1442

  Moxham, Lorna ^a   Dwyer, Trudy ^a   Happell, Brenda ^a   Reid Searl, Kerry ^a   Kahl, Julie ^b   Morris, Jodie ^b   Wheatland, Narelle ^b  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Queensland Government   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child and adolescent mental health; Nurses; Nursing; Paediatric unit; Participatory Action Research

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; HUMAN; INFANT; MENTAL DISEASE; NURSE; NURSING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL HEALTH CARE;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; MENTAL DISORDERS; NURSES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 77955876023     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2009.02993.x     Document Type: Article

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