Emergency nurses' experiences of caring for survivors of intimate partner violence

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2242-2252

  Van der Wath, Annatjie ^a   van Wyk, Neltjie ^a   Janse van Rensburg, Elsie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Compassion fatigue; Descriptive phenomenology; Emergency nursing; Intimate partner violence; Secondary traumatic stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPASSION FATIGUE; DESCRIPTIVE PHENOMENOLOGY; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; SECONDARY TRAUMATIC STRESS; SURVIVOR;

COMPASSION FATIGUE; DESCRIPTIVE PHENOMENOLOGY; EMERGENCY NURSING; INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE; SECONDARY TRAUMATIC STRESS;

ADULT; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSES; SPOUSE ABUSE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84884204378     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jan.12099     Document Type: Article

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