Trends in workplace violence in the remote area nursing workforce

Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 18-23

  Opie, Tessa ^a   Lenthall, Sue ^b   Dollard, Maureen ^a   Wakerman, John ^b   MacLeod, Martha ^c   Knight, Sabina ^b   Dunn, Sandra ^b   Rickard, Greg ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d Charles Darwin University ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD); Remote area nurse; Workplace violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955129133     PISSN: 08130531     EISSN: 14474328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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