Applied Nursing Research
Volume 18, Issue 2 , Pages 117-121 , May 2005

Evaluating risk factors for violence at the inpatient unit level: combining young adult patients and those with mental retardation

  • James P. LePage, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Domiciliary Care Program (181), VA North Texas Health Care System, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, TX 75216, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 214 857 1128.
    • ,
  • Melanie McGhee, RN

      Affiliations

    • William R. Sharpe, Jr. Hospital, Weston, WV 26452-8550, USA
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  • Ahmed Aboraya, MD

      Affiliations

    • William R. Sharpe, Jr. Hospital, Weston, WV 26452-8550, USA
    • Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry, School of Medicine, West Virginia University, WV 26505, USA
    • ,
  • James Murphy, MA

      Affiliations

    • William R. Sharpe, Jr. Hospital, Weston, WV 26452-8550, USA
    • Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry, School of Medicine, West Virginia University, WV 26505, USA
    • ,
  • Linda VanHorn, RN

      Affiliations

    • William R. Sharpe, Jr. Hospital, Weston, WV 26452-8550, USA
    • ,
  • Scott Pollard, MD

      Affiliations

    • In private practice in Wyoming.
    • ,
  • Patricia Dean, BA

      Affiliations

    • William R. Sharpe, Jr. Hospital, Weston, WV 26452-8550, USA

Received 2 July 2003 ,Revised 24 June 2004 ,Accepted 26 July 2004.

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PII: S0897-1897(05)00021-2

doi: 10.1016/j.apnr.2004.07.004

Applied Nursing Research
Volume 18, Issue 2 , Pages 117-121 , May 2005

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