Nurse staffing, RN mix, and assault rates on psychiatric units

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 26-37

  Staggs, Vincent S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Assaultive behavior; Hospital psychiatric department; Personnel staffing; Psychiatric nursing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INJURY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENTAL DISORDERS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84872379410     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: 1098240X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.21511     Document Type: Article

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