Managing alcohol related aggression in the emergency department (Part I)

International Emergency Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-47

  Ferns, Terry ^a   Cork, Alison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggression; Alcohol; Communication; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; STATISTICS; VIOLENCE; WORKLOAD;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGGRESSION; ALCOHOLISM; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; VIOLENCE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 44049093043     PISSN: 1755599X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ienj.2007.12.001     Document Type: Article

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