Disaster content in Australian tertiary postgraduate emergency nursing courses: A survey

Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 58-63

  Ranse, Jamie ^a,b   Shaban, Ramon Z ^c   Considine, Julie ^d   Hammad, Karen ^b   Arbon, Paul ^b   Mitchell, Belinda ^e   Lenson, Shane ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e NORTHERN HEALTH   (Australia)

^f AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disasters; Education; Emergency nursing; Nursing education; Postgraduate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CURRICULUM; DISASTER; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY NURSING; FEMALE; HUMAN; NURSING EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CURRICULUM; DISASTERS; EDUCATION, NURSING, GRADUATE; EMERGENCY NURSING; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 84879136048     PISSN: 15746267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aenj.2013.04.002     Document Type: Article

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