Physical health care for people with mental illness: Training needs for nurses

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 396-401

  Happell, Brenda ^a   Platania Phung, Chris ^a   Scott, David ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mental health; Nurses; Nursing role; Physical health; Survey design; Training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS;

EID: 84876785694     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2013.01.015     Document Type: Article

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