Post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms among emergency nurses: Their perspective and a 'tailor-made' solution

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1514-1522

  Lavoie, Stéphan ^a   Talbot, Lise R ^a   Mathieu, Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Action research; Early intervention; Emergency room nurses; Organizational health; Post traumatic stress disorder; Qualitative research; Trauma exposure

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSING; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VIOLENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CHILD; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUEBEC; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VIOLENCE;

EID: 79958700381     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05584.x     Document Type: Article

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