Secondary traumatic stress among emergency nurses: A cross-sectional study

International Emergency Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 53-58

  Duffy, Emer ^a   Avalos, Gloria ^b   Dowling, Maura ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Burnout; Compassion fatigue; Emergency; Nurses; Secondary traumatic stress; Secondary traumatic stress scale (STSS)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMPLICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY NURSING; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; HUMAN; IRELAND; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84926521531     PISSN: 1755599X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ienj.2014.05.001     Document Type: Article

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