Importance of debriefing following critical incidents

Emergency Nurse

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 32-37

  Healy, Sonya ^a   Tyrrell, Mark ^b  

^a MERCY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Critical incident; Debriefing; Post traumatic stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CRISIS INTERVENTION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IRELAND; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CRISIS INTERVENTION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; NURSES; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PHYSICIANS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84877811894     PISSN: 13545752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7748/en2013.03.20.10.32.s8     Document Type: Article

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