Hidden workplace violence: What your nurses may not be telling you

Health Care Manager

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 357-363

  Danesh, Valerie C ^a   Malvey, Donna ^a   Fottler, Myron D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dementia; Long term care; Nursing; Workplace violence

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INJURY; LONG TERM CARE; MANPOWER; METHODOLOGY; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SAFETY; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; WORKPLACE;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONNEL LOYALTY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; WORKPLACE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 58849086791     PISSN: 15255794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HCM.0b013e31818c810b     Document Type: Article

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