High prevalence of workplace violence among nurses working at public health facilities in Southern Ethiopia

BMC Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Fute, Mathewos ^a   Mengesha, Zelalem Birhanu ^b   Wakgari, Negash ^c   Tessema, Gizachew Assefa ^b  

^a Southern Nation Nationality and People Regional State   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

^c HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Nurse; Public health facilities; Workplace violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928739647     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12912-015-0062-1     Document Type: Article

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