An exploratory account of registered nurses' experience of patient aggression in both mental health and general nursing settings

Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 107-114

  Duxbury, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLTON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggression; Chemical restraint; Managing aggression; Physical restraint; Violence

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATION; EXERCISE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; VIOLENCE;

AGGRESSION; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MODELS, NURSING; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0033107341     PISSN: 13510126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2850.1999.620107.x     Document Type: Article

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