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dc.contributor.authorChapman, Rose
dc.contributor.authorStyles, I.
dc.contributor.authorPerry, L.
dc.contributor.authorCombs, Shane
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T12:07:46Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T12:07:46Z
dc.date.created2010-05-25T20:02:39Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.identifier.citationChapman, Rose and Styles, Irene and Perry, Laura and Combs, Shane. 2010. Nurses' experience of adjusting to workplace violence: A theory of adaptation. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing. 19 (3): pp. 186-194.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/18428
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1447-0349.2009.00663.x
dc.description.abstract

Workplace violence directed at nurses working in both the mental health and general areas of the hospital is a common occurrence and the impact of these events on all parties may be severe. A consequence of these confronting situations is the possiblitiy that nurse victims will leave the profession. To help administrators facilitate nurses' psychological recovery, this qualitative study identified how nurses in several areas of a hospital setting adapted to workplace violence. Research which has been previously unexamined. This study was the first of its kind to use a theory of cognitive adaptation to explore nurses' experiences of workplace violence. Participants were found to use the cognitive processes of finding meaning, gaining mastery and enhancing the self to adapt to workplace violence. Critical incident debriefing may facilitate the nurse victim's psychological recovery following an episode of workplace violence.

dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing
dc.subjectworkplace violence
dc.subjectcognitive
dc.subjectadjusting
dc.subjectnurses's experience
dc.subjectadaptation
dc.titleNurses' experience of adjusting to workplace violence: A theory of adaptation
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume19
dcterms.source.startPage186
dcterms.source.endPage194
dcterms.source.issn1445-8330
dcterms.source.titleInternational Journal of Mental Health Nursing
curtin.accessStatusFulltext not available
curtin.facultySchool of Nursing and Midwifery
curtin.facultyFaculty of Health Sciences


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