Násilie a agresia voči sestrám pri výkone povolania
Violence and Aggression Against Nurses in their Professional Practice
Author(s): Martina Lepiešová, Mária NemčekováSubject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Sociologický ústav - Slovenská akadémia vied
Keywords: nursing; violence against nurses; prevalence of patients' aggression
Summary/Abstract: Violence and Aggression Against Nurses in their Professional Practice. Violence and aggression against nurses in their professional practice has become serious problem of contemporary clinical nursing practice. In the conditions of Slovakia database concerning the extent of this problem is insufficient. The main purpose of this study was to explore the problem of violence and aggression against nurses in Slovak conditions' context of clinical nursing practice particularly with the stress on violence against nurses perpetrated by the patients. We had used the method of questionnaire – the scales of own construction. The research sample consisted of the nurses from clinical nursing practice of selected hospitals in Žilina region. Sociológia 2013, Vol. 45 (No. 2: 172-194)
Journal: Sociológia - Slovak Sociological Review
- Issue Year: 45/2013
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 172-194
- Page Count: 22
- Language: Slovak