Occupational violence and assault in mental health nursing: A scoping project for a Victorian Mental Health Service

International Journal of Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 9-17

  McKinnon, Brett ^a,c   Cross, Wendy ^b  

^a Royal North Shore Mental Health Services   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Mental Health Services Mildura   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mental health nurses; Occupational health and safety; Occupational violence; Risk management

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VICTORIA; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 38349002916     PISSN: 14458330     EISSN: 14470349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0349.2007.00499.x     Document Type: Article

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