Patient-related violence against emergency department nurses

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 268-274

  Pich, Jacqueline ^a   Hazelton, Michael ^a   Sundin, Deborah ^a   Kable, Ashley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Emergency nurses; Patients; Triage; Violence

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSING; HUMAN; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; VIOLENCE; WORKPLACE;

AGGRESSION; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; NEW SOUTH WALES; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; TRIAGE; VIOLENCE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 77954158379     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: 14422018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2010.00525.x     Document Type: Review

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