Nothing Changes, Nobody Cares: Understanding the Experience of Emergency Nurses Physically or Verbally Assaulted While Providing Care

Journal of Emergency Nursing

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 305-310

  Wolf, Lisa A ^a   Delao, Altair M ^a   Perhats, Cydne ^a  

^a Emergency Nurses Association   (United States)

Author keywords

Assault; Cue recognition; Emergency nurse; Qualitative; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; CUES; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84903773033     PISSN: 00991767     EISSN: 15272966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jen.2013.11.006     Document Type: Article

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