Registered Nurses' and Behavior Health Associates' Responses to Violent Inpatient Interactions on Behavioral Health Units

Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 112-126

  Zuzelo, Patti Rager ^a,b   Curran, Staci Silver ^a   Zeserman, Mary Ann ^a  

^a Einstein Healthcare Network   (United States)

^b LA SALLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

focus group; nursing staff responses; psychiatric patients; violent incidents against staff; workplace violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SAFETY; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84858715532     PISSN: 10783903     EISSN: 15325725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1078390312438553     Document Type: Article

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