Critical Care Nurses Facing Trauma as 2020—The Year of the Nurse—Ends

Authors

  • Meropi Mpouzika
  • Maria Karanikola
  • Elizabeth Papathanassoglou

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1891/WFCCN-D-20-00029

Keywords:

Year of the Nurse, PTSD, STS, trauma, critical care nurses, COVID-19

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2020-06-01