HOW NURSES REACT TO PATIENT ASSAULT
- 1 June 1985
- journal article
- Published by SLACK, Inc. in Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services
- Vol. 23 (6) , 6-9
- https://doi.org/10.3928/0279-3695-19850601-03
Abstract
Violence directed toward nurses by their patients may range from abusive language to serious physical assault. For many psychiatric nurses, assault by patients is a job hazard that until recently has been given little attention.This publication has 13 references indexed in Scilit:
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