Australasian emergency nurses' willingness to attend work in a disaster: A survey

Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 52-57

  Arbon, Paul ^a   Ranse, Jamie ^a,b   Cusack, Lynette ^c   Considine, Julie ^d   Shaban, Ramon Z ^e   Woodman, Richard J ^f   Bahnisch, Laura ^a   Kako, Mayumi ^a   Hammad, Karen ^a   Mitchell, Belinda ^g  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g NORTHERN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Disasters; Emergency nursing; Mass casualty incidents; Nurses; Willingness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; DEMOGRAPHY; DISASTER; EMERGENCY NURSING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MANPOWER; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; WORKPLACE;

AUSTRALASIA; DATA COLLECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DISASTERS; EMERGENCY NURSING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING STAFF; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84879151609     PISSN: 15746267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aenj.2013.05.003     Document Type: Article

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