The culture of an emergency department: An ethnographic study

International Emergency Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 222-227

  Person, John ^a   Spiva, LeeAnna ^b   Hart, Patricia ^c  

^a WellStar Kennestone Hospital   (United States)

^b WellStar Health System   (United States)

^c KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Emergency department; Emergency services; Ethnography; Practice environment; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY SERVICES; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

CULTURE; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT; EMERGENCY SERVICES; ETHNOGRAPHY; PRACTICE ENVIRONMENT; TRAUMA;

ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84887176952     PISSN: 1755599X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ienj.2012.10.001     Document Type: Article

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