Exploring staff willingness to attend work during a disaster: A study of nurses employed in four Australian emergency departments

Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 103-109

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

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g NORTHERN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Disaster; Emergency nurses; Preparedness; Willingness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DECISION MAKING; DISASTER; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSES; EMERGENCY NURSING; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MORALITY; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREPAREDNESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SAFETY; STANDARD; UNCERTAINTY; WILLINGNESS; WORKPLACE;

AUSTRALIA; DISASTER; EMERGENCY NURSES; PREPAREDNESS; WILLINGNESS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; DISASTER PLANNING; DISASTERS; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FAMILY; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH MANPOWER; HUMANS; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SAFETY; UNCERTAINTY; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84881609712     PISSN: 15746267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aenj.2013.05.004     Document Type: Article

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