Perceptions of knowledge of disaster management among military and civilian nurses in Saudi Arabia

Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 156-164

  Al Thobaity, Abdulellah ^a,b   Plummer, Virginia ^a,c   Innes, Kelli ^a,c   Copnell, Beverley ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b TAIF UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disaster; Knowledge; Management; Military; Nursing; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISASTER PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; SAUDI ARABIA; SOLDIER; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; DISASTER PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSES; SAUDI ARABIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939470830     PISSN: 15746267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aenj.2015.03.001     Document Type: Article

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