Registered nurses' experiences of patient violence on acute care psychiatric inpatient units: An interpretive descriptive study

BMC Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Stevenson, Kelly N ^a   Jack, Susan M ^b   O'Mara, Linda ^b   LeGris, Jeannette ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggression; Inpatient psychiatry; Interpretive description; Patient violence; Registered Nurse

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027929757     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12912-015-0079-5     Document Type: Article

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