Violence at the workplace-a questionnaire survey of nurses

European Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 442-450

  Merecz, Dorota ^a   Rymaszewska, Joanna ^b   Mościcka, Agnieszka ^a   Kiejna, Andrzej ^b   Jarosz Nowak, Joanna ^c  

^a NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

^b WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Burnout; Nurses; Violence; Workplace

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; BURNOUT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MEDICAL SERVICE; MENTAL PATIENT; NURSING STAFF; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; THREAT; VERBAL HOSTILITY; WORKPLACE VIOLENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; STATISTICS; VIOLENCE; WORKPLACE;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AGGRESSION; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; POLAND; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRES; VIOLENCE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 33750009130     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2006.01.001     Document Type: Article

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