Disaster nursing: A descriptive survey of Australian undergraduate nursing curricula

Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 75-80

  Usher, Kim ^a   Mayner, Lidia ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disaster nursing; Nursing education; Undergraduate nursing curricula

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956372546     PISSN: 15746267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aenj.2011.02.005     Document Type: Article

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