Patient aggression in clinical psychiatry: Perceptions of mental health nurses

Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 492-499

  Jonker, E J ^a   Goossens, P J J ^a   Steenhuis, I H M ^b   Oud, N E ^c  

^a Adhesie Foundation for Mental Health Care Midden Overijssel   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Oud Consultancy   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aggression; Attitude; Mental health nursing; Perceptions; Prevalence; Psychiatry

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PERCEPTION; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGGRESSION; ATTITUDE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PERCEPTION; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 47349084768     PISSN: 13510126     EISSN: 13652850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2850.2008.01261.x     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. Ajzen I. (1991) The theory of planned behaviour. Organization of Behavioural Human Decision Process 50, 179 211.
2. Ajzen I. Fishbein M. (1980) Chapter 5; determinants of behaviour intentions, chapter 6, determinants of the attitudinal and normative components. Understanding and Predicting Social Behaviour, 53 72.
3. Altman D.G. (1991) Practical Statistics for Medical Research. Chapman & Hall/CRC, London.
4. Beck J.C., White K.A. Gabe B. (1991) Emergency psychiatric assessment of violence. American Journal of Psychiatry 148, 1562 1564.
5. Benner P. (1984) From Novice to Expert: Excellence and Power in Clinical Nursing Practice. Addison-Wesley Company, Menlo Park, CA.
6. Benner P. (2001) From Novice to Expert: Excellence and Power in Clinical Nursing Practice, commemorative edition. Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ.
7. Beusekamp W. (2002) Nog een deken, of een boterham? De Volkskrant, 14 December 2002.
8. Bouras N., Trauter T. Watson J.P. (1982) Ward environment and disturbing behaviour. Psychological Medicine 12, 309 319.
9. Bowers L., Whittington R., Almik R., et al 1999) A European perspective on psychiatric nursing and violent incidents, management, education and service organisation. International Journal of Nursing Studies 36, 217 222.
10. Irwin A. (2006) The nurse's role in the management of aggression. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 13, 309 318.
11. Jansen G.J., Dassen T.W. Moorer P. (1997) The perception of aggression. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences 11, 51 55.
12. Jansen G.J., Dassen T.W. Groot Jebbink G. (2005a) Staff attitudes towards aggression in health care: a review of the literature. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Nursing 12, 3 13.
13. Jansen G.J., Middel B. Dassen T.W. (2005b) An international comparative study on the reliability and validity of the attitudes towards aggression scale. International Journal of Nursing Studies 42, 467 477.
14. Jansen G.J., Dassen T.W., Burgerhof J., et al 2006a) Psychiatric nurses' attitude towards inpatient aggression: preliminary report of the development of attitude towards aggression scale (ATAS). Aggressive Behaviour 32, 44 53.
15. Jansen G.J., Middel B., Dassen T.W., et al 2006b) Cross-cultural differences in psychiatric nurses: attitude to inpatient aggression. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing 20, 82 93.
16. Janssen W., Hutschemaekers G. Lendemeijer B. (2005) Dwang en drang in de psychiatrie: Kwaliteit van vrijheidsbeperkende interventies. Dwang cijfermatig in beeld, 67 76.
17. Kok H.T. Berghout K. (2002) Separatie en Afzondering. Cahier Emergency Psychiatry. Available at: http://www.emergenpsy.nl/INTACTA02.htm (accessed 27 December 2007).
18. Lanza M.L. (1985) How nurses react to patient assault. Journal of Psychosocial Nursing 23, 6 11.
19. Needham I., Abderhalden C., Zeller A., et al 2005) The effect of a training course on nursing students' attitudes toward, perceptions of and confidence in managing patient aggression. Journal of Nursing Education 44, 415 420.
20. Nijman H.L.I. Rector G. (1999) Crowding and aggression on inpatient wards. Psychiatric Services 50, 830 831.
21. Nijman H.L.I., Allertz W.W.F., Merckelbach H., et al 1997) Aggressive behaviour on an acute psychiatric admission ward. European Journal of Psychiatry 11, 106 114.
22. Nijman H.L.I., Bowers L., Oud N., et al 2005a) Psychiatric nurses' experience with inpatient aggression. Aggressive Behavior 31, 217 227.
23. Nijman H.L.I., Palmstierna T., Almvik R., et al 2005b) Fifteen years of research with the Staff Observation Aggression Scale: a review. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 111, 12 21.
24. Oster A., Bernbaum S. Patten S. (2001) Determinants of violence in the psychiatric emergency service. Canadian Medical Association Journal 164, 32 33.
25. Oud N. (2001) Internal report. POPAS Ervaringen van psychiatrische hulpverleners met agressief gedrag, 1-15.
26. Peerdeman P. (2006) Project Veiligezorg. Available at: http://www.agressieindezorg.nl/view.cfm?page_id=2950 (accessed 6 March 2007).
27. Rippon T.J. (2000) Aggression and violence in health care professions. Journal of Advanced Nursing 31, 452 460.
28. Schanda H. Taylor P. (2001) Inpatient violence: frequency, risk factors, preventive strategies. Fortschr Neurol Psychiatr 69, 443 452.
29. Schermer M.H.N. (2003) Drang en informele dwang in de zorg. Hoofdstuk 3 uit het rapport Signalering Ethiek en Gezondheid, 3. Available at: http://www.ceg.nl/data/download/hfdst.3_drang_en_informele_dwang_Schermer_pdf (accessed 27 December 2007).
30. Sheridan M., Henrion R., Robinson L., et al 1990) Precipitants of violence in a psychiatric inpatient setting. H&CP 41, 776 780.
31. Victorian Department of Human Services (2006) Mechanical Restraint, Cief Psychiatrist's Guideline. Available at: http://www.health.vic.gov.au/ mentalhealth/cpg/restraint.htm (accessed 22 November 2007).
32. Whittington R. Higgins L. (2002) More than zero tolerance? Burnout and tolerance for patient aggression amongst mental health nurses in China and the UK. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 106, 37 40.