An investigation into how community mental health nurses assess the risk of violence from their clients

Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 407-413

  Murphy, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Care programme approach; Experience; Gut reactions; Risk; Violence

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIOLENCE;

COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SECURITY MEASURES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 4143111305     PISSN: 13510126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2850.2004.00727.x     Document Type: Article

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