Using Action Research to Plan a Violence Prevention Program for Emergency Departments

Journal of Emergency Nursing

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 32-39

  Gates, Donna ^a   Gillespie, Gordon ^a   Smith, Carolyn ^a   Rode, Jennifer ^a   Kowalenko, Terry ^b   Smith, Barbara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRISIS INTERVENTION; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SAFETY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CRISIS INTERVENTION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PLANNING TECHNIQUES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; VIOLENCE;

EID: 78651347581     PISSN: 00991767     EISSN: 15272966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jen.2009.09.013     Document Type: Article

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