Testing an intervention to reduce assaults on nursing assistants in nursing homes: A pilot study

Geriatric Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 18-23

  Fitzwater, Evelyn L ^a   Gates, Donna M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING HOME; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PARAMEDICAL EDUCATION; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SAFETY; SHIFT WORKER; STAFF TRAINING; VIOLENCE; WORK SCHEDULE; GERIATRIC NURSING; IN SERVICE TRAINING; NURSING ASSISTANT;

AGED; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING HOMES; PILOT PROJECTS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0036005769     PISSN: 01974572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mgn.2002.122800     Document Type: Article

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