An evaluation of an aggression management training program to cope with workplace violence in the healthcare sector

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 320-328

  Oostrom, Janneke K ^a   Van Mierlo, Heleen ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aggression management; Internal referencing strategy; Training; Training evaluation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSERTIVENESS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COST OF ILLNESS; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NURSING EDUCATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; VIOLENCE; WORKPLACE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASSERTIVENESS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COST OF ILLNESS; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; VIOLENCE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 50349086190     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: 1098240X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.20260     Document Type: Article

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