Keeping the unit safe: The anatomy of escalation

Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 42-52

  Johnson, Mary E ^a   Delaney, Kathleen R ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; De escalation; Escalation; Grounded theory; Psychiatric nursing; Safety

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247644296     PISSN: 10783903     EISSN: 15325725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1078390307301736     Document Type: Article

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