Emergency nurses and disaster response: An exploration of South Australian emergency nurses' knowledge and perceptions of their roles in disaster response

Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 87-94

  Hammad, Karen S ^a   Arbon, Paul ^a   Gebbie, Kristine M ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster; Disaster education; Disaster knowledge nurse; Disaster training; Emergency department; Emergency nurse; Previous disaster response

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956373122     PISSN: 15746267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aenj.2010.10.002     Document Type: Article

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