Predicting patient aggression against nurses in all hospital areas

Workplace violence directed at nurses is an alarming phenomenon across the world. To intervene and manage these episodes as quickly as possible, nurses need to identify those factors that can alert them to the possibility that a violent event may occur. However, frameworks to help nurses predict e...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Chapman, Rose, Perry, L., Styles, I., Combs, Shane
Format: Journal Article
Published: Mark Allen Publishing 2009
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Online Access:http://www.internurse.com/cgi-bin/go.pl/library/article.cgi?uid=41810;article=BJN_18_8_476_483
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/8986