Ward safety perceived by ward managers in Britain, Germany and Switzerland: Identifying factors that improve ability to deal with violence

Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 629-635

  Lepping, P ^a   Steinert, T ^b   Needham, I ^c   Abderhalden, C ^d   Flammer, E ^b   Schmid, P ^b  

^a Wrexham Academic Unit   (United Kingdom)

^b Abteilung Kinder und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie   (Germany)

^c FHO Fachhochschule Ostschweiz

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aggression management; Mental health; Nurse patient interaction; Violence; Workforce issues

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; GERMANY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SWITZERLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GERMANY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT ISOLATION; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SWITZERLAND; VIOLENCE;

EID: 68849129024     PISSN: 13510126     EISSN: 13652850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2850.2009.01425.x     Document Type: Article

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