Nursing in the emergency department (ED) during a disaster: A review of the current literature

Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 235-244

  Hammad, Karen S ^a   Arbon, Paul ^a   Gebbie, Kristine ^a   Hutton, Alison ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

" Disaster response"; " Emergency department"; " Emergency nurse"; " Emergency nursing"; Disaster; Disasters; Emergencies; Nurses

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DISASTER PLANNING; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMOTION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL LOYALTY;

EID: 84872414219     PISSN: 15746267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aenj.2012.10.005     Document Type: Review

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