Reporting behaviours of nursing students who have experienced verbal abuse

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2678-2688

  Ferns, Terry ^a   Meerabeau, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Incidents; Nurse education; Questionnaire survey; Students; Support; Verbal abuse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DISCLOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENTS, NURSING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70450203945     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2009.05114.x     Document Type: Article

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