Evaluating risk factors for violence at the inpatient unit level: Combining young adult patients and those with mental retardation

Applied Nursing Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 117-121

  LePage, James P ^a   McGhee, Melanie ^b   Aboraya, Ahmed ^b,c   Murphy, James ^b,c   VanHorn, Linda ^b   Pollard, Scott ^d   Dean, Patricia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Jr Hospital   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PATIENT; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; RISK FACTOR; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL UNITS; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL RETARDATION; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TIME FACTORS; VIOLENCE; WEST VIRGINIA; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 20444481761     PISSN: 08971897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apnr.2004.07.004     Document Type: Article

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