Preventing aggressive incidents and seclusions in forensic care by means of the 'Early Recognition Method'

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 11-12, 2010, Pages 1529-1537

  Fluttert, Frans A J ^a   van Meijel, Berno ^b   Nijman, Henk ^c   Bjørkly, Stål ^d   Grypdonck, Mieke ^a,e  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INHOLLAND UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^d MOLDE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Early signs; Forensic mental health nursing; Nurses; Personality disorder; Risk management

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FORENSIC NURSING; HUMAN; NURSING ASSESSMENT;

AGGRESSION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FORENSIC NURSING; HUMANS; NURSING ASSESSMENT;

EID: 77955953987     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2009.02986.x     Document Type: Article

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