Patient-related violence at triage: A qualitative descriptive study

International Emergency Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 12-19

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aggression; Emergency department; Nurses; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSING; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SAFETY; STATISTICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; VIOLENCE; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EMERGENCY NURSING; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRIAGE; VIOLENCE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 78650574942     PISSN: 1755599X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ienj.2009.11.007     Document Type: Article

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