International Emergency Nursing
Volume 16, Issue 1 , Pages 59-64 , January 2008

Emergency nursing experience in Malawi

  • Wyness T.M. Gondwe, BSc Nursing, M Nursing (Critical Care and Trauma Nursing Student)
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  • Petra Brysiewicz, PhD (Senior Lecturer)

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +27 31 2601281; fax: +27 31 2601543.

Received 3 October 2007 ,Revised 20 December 2007 ,Accepted 24 December 2007.

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PII: S1755-599X(08)00003-7

doi: 10.1016/j.ienj.2007.12.004

International Emergency Nursing
Volume 16, Issue 1 , Pages 59-64 , January 2008