Violent behaviour from young adults and the parents of paediatric patients in the emergency department

International Emergency Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 157-162

  Pich, Jacqueline ^a   Hazelton, Michael ^a   Kable, Ashley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accident and emergency; Aggression; Emergency department; Nurse; Patient related; Violence

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY; ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY WARD; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NURSE; PARENT; PATIENT-RELATED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SAFETY; STATISTICS; VIOLENCE; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY; AGGRESSION; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT; NURSE; PATIENT-RELATED; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; AUSTRALIA; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PARENTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; VIOLENCE; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880038409     PISSN: 1755599X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ienj.2012.08.007     Document Type: Article

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