Acuity and anxiety from the patient's perspective in the emergency department

Journal of Emergency Nursing

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 534-538

  Ekwall, Anna ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Anxiety; Patient satisfaction; Triage

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT ACUITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ANXIETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; TRIAGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT ACUITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN; TRIAGE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887170228     PISSN: 00991767     EISSN: 15272966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jen.2010.10.003     Document Type: Article

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