Noise levels in an Australian emergency department

Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 26-31

  Short, Alison E ^a   Short, Ken T ^b   Holdgate, Anna ^c   Ahern, Nicole ^c   Morris, Jenny ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^c LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d College of Nursing ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Care environment; Clinical care; Emergency department; Noise levels; Noise stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951578634     PISSN: 15746267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aenj.2010.10.005     Document Type: Article

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