Relationship Between Empathy and Well-Being Among Emergency Nurses

Journal of Emergency Nursing

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 323-328

  Bourgault, Patricia ^a   Lavoie, Stephan ^a   Paul Savoie, Emilie ^a   Grégoire, Maryse ^a,b   Michaud, Cécile ^a   Gosselin, Emilie ^a   Johnston, Celeste C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Distress; Emergency nurse; Empathy; Pain management; Well being

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANALGESIA; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; NURSING STAFF; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937513273     PISSN: 00991767     EISSN: 15272966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jen.2014.10.001     Document Type: Article

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