Incidence and cost of nurse workplace violence perpetrated by hospital patients or patient visitors

Journal of Emergency Nursing

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 218-228

  Speroni, Karen Gabel ^a   Fitch, Tammy ^a   Dawson, Elaine ^a   Dugan, Lisa ^a   Atherton, Martin ^a  

^a Inova Loudoun Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Nurse patient relations; Violence; Workplace; Wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY NURSING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATIENT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE VIOLENCE;

ADULT; AGED; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY NURSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; VISITORS TO PATIENTS; WORKPLACE VIOLENCE;

EID: 84899910308     PISSN: 00991767     EISSN: 15272966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jen.2013.05.014     Document Type: Article

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