'Violence is not part of our job': A thematic analysis of psychiatric mental health nurses' experiences of patient assaults from a new zealand perspective

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 647-655

  Baby, Maria ^a   Glue, Paul ^a   Carlyle, Dave ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BURNOUT; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; NEW ZEALAND; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VIOLENCE; WORKPLACE;

AGGRESSION; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VIOLENCE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84906691844     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: 10964673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01612840.2014.892552     Document Type: Article

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