Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 22, Issue 3 , Pages 144-153 , June 2006

The experience of agency nurses working in a London teaching hospital

  • Helen Hass

      Affiliations

    • Guy's and St. Thomas’ Hospital Foundation Trust, Intensive Care Unit, London, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 20 7188 7188x82281.
    • ,
  • Fiona M. Coyer

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Qld 4069, Australia
    • Tel.: +61 7 3864 3895.
    • ,
  • Karen A. Theobald

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Qld 4069, Australia
    • Tel.: +61 7 3864 3904.

,Accepted 20 September 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2005.09.007

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 22, Issue 3 , Pages 144-153 , June 2006

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