Junior staffing changes and the temporal ecology of adverse incidents in acute psychiatric wards

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 153-160

  Bowers, Len ^a   Jeffery, Debra ^a   Simpson, Alan ^a   Daly, Christina ^a   Warren, Jonathan ^b   Nijman, Henk ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b EAST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Absconding; Aggression; Document analysis; Inpatients; Mental health nursing; Self harm; Suicide; Violence

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MANPOWER; MENTAL DISEASE; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TIME; VIOLENCE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ESCAPE REACTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33846003496     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2006.04101.x     Document Type: Article

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