Nurses' preparedness and perceived competence in managing disasters

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 281-287

  Baack, Sylvia ^a   Alfred, Danita ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster preparedness nursing; Disasters; Emergency preparedness; Nursing research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DISASTER; DISASTER PLANNING; DISASTER PREPAREDNESS NURSING; EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED STATES;

DISASTER PREPAREDNESS NURSING; DISASTERS; EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS; NURSING RESEARCH;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DISASTER PLANNING; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SELF EFFICACY; TEXAS;

EID: 84883451944     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: 15475069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jnu.12029     Document Type: Article

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