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An evaluation of staff training in psychological techniques for the management of patient aggression
Author(s) -
WHITTINGTON RICHARD,
WYKES TIL
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of clinical nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.94
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1365-2702
pISSN - 0962-1067
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2702.1996.tb00260.x
Subject(s) - aggression , medicine , coping (psychology) , nursing staff , nursing , psychology , clinical psychology , psychiatry
Summary• Training for staff working with violent patients is frequently recommended, sometimes implemented, but rarely objectively evaluated. • In this longitudinal study 47 nurses attending a training day to learn strategies for coping with violent psychiatric patients were compared with 108 non‐attending control group subjects. • The rate of assaults on staff on wards taking part in the study was 31% lower after implementation of the training and wards sending a majority of staff to the training experienced a particularly significant reduction in assaults. • The effectiveness of this 1‐day training package is discussed.