Student nurses’ de-escalation of patient aggression: A pretest–posttest intervention study
International Journal of Nursing StudiesPublished 7 December 2009
Johannes Nau, Ruud J.G. Halfens, Ian Needham, Theo Dassen
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Aggression management training is able to improve nursing students' performance in de-escalating aggressive behaviour and a maturation-effect on the de- escalating performance due to general nursing education or age is unlikely.
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Aggression management training is able to improve nursing students' performance in de-escalating aggressive behaviour. A maturation-effect on the de-escalating performance due to general nursing education or age is unlikely.
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