Facing up to 'challenging behaviour': A model for training in staff-client interaction

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1644-1655

  Farrell, Gerald A ^a   Shafiei, Touran ^a   Salmon, Peter ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggression management; Challenging behaviour; Conceptual model; Nurse patient interactions; Staff client interaction

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONTROL; EMOTION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NURSE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOPATHY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AGGRESSION; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; EDUCATION, NURSING; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS;

EID: 77954185419     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05340.x     Document Type: Article

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