A study of psychiatric nurses' beliefs and attitudes about work safety and assaults in Turkey

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 75-90

  Bilgin, Hülya ^a   Buzlu, Sevim ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL HOSPITAL; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VIOLENCE; WORKPLACE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SECURITY MEASURES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TURKEY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VIOLENCE; WOMEN, WORKING; WORKPLACE;

EID: 29044447665     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: 10964673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01612840500312894     Document Type: Article

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