Relationships between aggression management training, perceived selfefficacy and rural general hospital nurses' experiences of patient aggression

Contemporary Nurse

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 20-31

  Hills, Danny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

General nurse; Patient aggression; Rural; Self efficacy; Training

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 65449143391     PISSN: 10376178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/conu.673.31.1.20     Document Type: Article

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