Firearm Violence in America: A Growing Health Problem
Firearm injury is a disease that afflicts many individuals in the United States, either directly or indirectly. Trauma and critical care nurses have direct experience with this life-threatening disease and recognize the high lethality and life-altering consequences of these injuries. The magnitude o...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2006
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Critical care nursing clinics of North America
Year: 2006 |
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| Summary: | Firearm injury is a disease that afflicts many individuals in the United States, either directly or indirectly. Trauma and critical care nurses have direct experience with this life-threatening disease and recognize the high lethality and life-altering consequences of these injuries. The magnitude of this health problem requires a focus on primary prevention. We recognize that any focus on firearm injury is often contentious and political; however, nurses bring a ready-made credibility and focus on evidence-based practice to the prevention of this disease |
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| ISSN: | 0899-5885 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ccell.2006.05.012 |