Distress experienced by nurses in response to the challenging behaviour of residents - evidence from German nursing homes

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 21-22, 2012, Pages 3134-3142

  Schmidt, Sascha G ^a   Dichter, Martin N ^b   Palm, Rebecca ^b   Hasselhorn, Hans Martin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CENTER FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES DZNE   (Germany)

^c Fed Inst for Occup Safety/Health   (Germany)

Author keywords

Burnout; Challenging behaviour; General health; Nurses; Nursing homes; Work ability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867961158     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jocn.12066     Document Type: Article

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