Mental health nurses’ emotions, exposure to patient aggression, attitudes to and use of coercive measures: Cross sectional questionnaire survey

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 75, Issue , 2017, Pages 130-138

  Jalil, Rahul ^a,d   Huber, Jorg W ^b   Sixsmith, Judith ^a   Dickens, Geoffrey L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^d BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggression; Anger; De escalation; Emotion; Mental health; Restraint; Seclusion; Violence

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MANPOWER; MENTAL DISEASE; NURSING STAFF; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; VIOLENCE;

AGGRESSION; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COERCION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED KINGDOM; VIOLENCE;

EID: 85026836446     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2017.07.018     Document Type: Article

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