An epidemic of abuse and violence: Nurse on the front line

Accident and Emergency Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 245-249

  Chapman, Rose ^a,b   Styles, Irene ^c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Joondalup Health Campus ^*  (Australia)

^c MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aggression; Emergency department; Hospitals; Nurses; Violence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GESTURE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VIOLENCE; WORKPLACE;

BENCHMARKING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; KINESICS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VIOLENCE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; WORKPLACE;

EID: 33751058217     PISSN: 09652302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aaen.2006.08.004     Document Type: Article

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