A comparative study of the experiences of violence of English and Swedish mental health nurses

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 419-426

  Nolan, Peter ^a   Soares, Joaquim ^b   Dallender, Janie ^a   Thomsen, Sarah ^c   Arnetz, Bengt ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Ctr for the Devmt of Hlth Sci   (Sweden)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Mental health nurses; Violence and job satisfaction; Violence and self esteem; Violence in the workplace

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0035433397     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7489(00)00089-4     Document Type: Article

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