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Professional nurses' experience of violence when nursing mentally ill people in general hospital settings: A phenomenological study

Thandisizwe Redford Mavundia, Marie Poggenpoel, Antoinette Gmeiner
Health SA Gesondheid | Vol 4, No 3 | a365 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/hsag.v4i3.365 | © 1998 Thandisizwe Redford Mavundia, Marie Poggenpoel, Antoinette Gmeiner | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 29 November 1998 | Published: 28 October 1999

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Thandisizwe Redford Mavundia, Technikon SA, South Africa
Marie Poggenpoel, Rand Afrikaans University, South Africa
Antoinette Gmeiner, Rand Afrikaans University, South Africa

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Abstract

Due to a lack of the knowledge and skills required for nursing mentally ill people, professional nurses in general hospital settings tend to not apply appropriate techniques when dealing with mentally ill people.

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Weens die gebrek aan kennis en vaardighede benodig vir die verpleging van geestesversteurde persone, hanteer professionele verpleegkundiges in algemene hospitale geestesversteurde persone sonder bogenoemde kennis en vaardighede.

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