@article{ref1,
title="Perilous work: nurses' experiences in psychiatric units with high risks of assault",
journal="Archives of psychiatric nursing",
year="2005",
author="Kindy, Deborah and Petersen, Salvatore and Parkhurst, David",
volume="19",
number="4",
pages="169-175",
abstract="Psychiatric facilities struggle to maintain therapeutic environments made increasingly difficult by severe nursing shortages. Related safety concerns prompted a phenomenological inquiry about nurses' experiences working in environments with high risks of assault. Ten registered nurses participated in open-ended interviews. Analysis of interview transcripts generated four categories and 13 subcategories subsumed under the primary construct of &quot;perilous work,&quot; providing the frame for the exhaustive description and essential structure of participants' lived experiences. Outcomes suggest that serious work-related hazards exist and provide insight into possible remedies and a springboard for follow-up studies.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0883-9417",
doi="10.1016/j.apnu.2005.05.002",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apnu.2005.05.002"
}