Challenges of nurses' deployment to other New York city hospitals in the aftermath of hurricane sandy

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 603-614

  Vandevanter, Nancy ^a   Kovner, Christine T ^a   Raveis, Victoria H ^a   McCollum, Meriel ^a   Keller, Ronald ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hurricane Sandy nurses' deployment related practice based challenges; Psychological distress; Regional and national disaster response policy implications

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISASTER; EMERGENCY NURSING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HURRICANE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CYCLONIC STORMS; DISASTERS; EMERGENCY NURSING; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906326337     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-014-9889-0     Document Type: Article

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