| dc.description.abstract | Nursing staff in forensic psychiatric contexts are
significantly more likely to be the victims of assault-related
incidents than patients. Evidence in the scientific
literature warrants the consideration of interpersonal factors
between nursing staff and patients and these factors
relationship to incidents. The purpose of this study was to
further investigate the nature of this relationship.
Consistent with previous investigations, a disproportionate
number of patients were responsible for the majority of
incidents. The high frequency of schizophrenia related
incidents was however, inconsistent with the literature. An
examination of nursing team incident involvement showed
significant frequency of incident variation with only nonviolent
categorized incidents. A number of. correlational
relationships were observed between incidents, personality,
and individually perceived work environment factors,
relationships which are explored further within this paper. | |
