Nursing students' experiences in managing patient aggression

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 933-946

  Nau, Johannes ^a   Dassen, Theo ^b   Halfens, Ruud ^c   Needham, Ian ^d  

^a Protestant Centre   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d FHO Fachhochschule Ostschweiz   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aggression; Nursing curriculum; Nursing student; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ASSERTIVENESS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMPATHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; SELF CONCEPT; STANDARD;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ASSERTIVENESS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAUSALITY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SELF EFFICACY; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 35348882093     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2007.01.007     Document Type: Article

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