Chinese nurses' relief experiences following two earthquakes: Implications for disaster education and policy development

Nurse Education in Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 75-81

  Wenji, Zhou ^a   Turale, Sue ^b   Stone, Teresa E ^c   Petrini, Marcia A ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Disaster nursing; Disaster relief; Earthquakes; Narrative inquiry; Nursing education

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHINA; DISASTER PLANNING; EARTHQUAKE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MANAGEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RELIEF WORK; STANDARDS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHINA; DISASTER PLANNING; EARTHQUAKES; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; POLICY MAKING; RELIEF WORK;

EID: 84925034869     PISSN: 14715953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nepr.2014.06.011     Document Type: Article

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