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Identify and evaluate existing literature on violence measurement instruments to support the improvement of nursing practice within an acute psychiatric unit.

September 18, 2007Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

Violence and aggression: a literature review

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PWPhil WoodsUniversity of Saskatchewan CAChristine AshleyUniversity of Wollongong

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Literature review reports key factors in violence prediction and assessment in acute psychiatric units, highlighting methods to improve inpatient psychiatric nursing practice.

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Identify and evaluate existing literature on violence measurement instruments to support the improvement of nursing practice within an acute psychiatric unit.
Searched electronic databases including CINAHL, Ovid Healthstar, Ovid MEDLINE, EMBASE, and PsycINFO for publications from 1994 onward.
Combined search term variations covering violence and aggression, risk prediction and assessment, psychiatric settings, and acute inpatient admission, supplemented with reference list tracking.
Summarized prominent clinical risk factors and assessment frameworks used to predict and measure aggressive behavior in acute psychiatric environments.
Identified practical considerations for integrating structured violence measurement instruments into routine inpatient mental health nursing workflows.

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Woods et al. (2007) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a6fdb6f26770c2b8de032a6 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2850.2007.01149.x

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September 18, 2007Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

Violence and aggression: a literature review

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PWPhil WoodsUniversity of Saskatchewan CAChristine AshleyUniversity of Wollongong

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Overview

Literature review reports key factors in violence prediction and assessment in acute psychiatric units, highlighting methods to improve inpatient psychiatric nursing practice.

Key Points

Identify and evaluate existing literature on violence measurement instruments to support the improvement of nursing practice within an acute psychiatric unit.
Searched electronic databases including CINAHL, Ovid Healthstar, Ovid MEDLINE, EMBASE, and PsycINFO for publications from 1994 onward.
Combined search term variations covering violence and aggression, risk prediction and assessment, psychiatric settings, and acute inpatient admission, supplemented with reference list tracking.
Summarized prominent clinical risk factors and assessment frameworks used to predict and measure aggressive behavior in acute psychiatric environments.
Identified practical considerations for integrating structured violence measurement instruments into routine inpatient mental health nursing workflows.

Cite This Study

Woods et al. (2007) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a6fdb6f26770c2b8de032a6 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2850.2007.01149.x

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