Ready, aim Fire! mental health nurses under siege in acute inpatient facilities

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 281-287

  Ward, Louise ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSE; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VIOLENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NURSES; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84876014121     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: 10964673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01612840.2012.742603     Document Type: Article

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