Comparison of registered nurses' and nursing assistants' choices of intervention for aggressive behaviors

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 113-124

  Haber, Linda C ^a   Fagan Pryor, Ellen C ^a   Allen, Monica ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING CARE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING CARE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0031086099     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01612849709010328     Document Type: Article

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