Citation

Smith JE, Czicman SP, Early JA, Green PT, Lauck DL, Lindsay K, Oblaczynski C, Smochek MR, Wright G. Nurs. Diagn. 1994; 5(4): 159-164.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1994, North American Nursing Diagnosis Association, Publisher Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7826720

Abstract

A high incidence of violence occurs in contemporary society, which is reflected in the violence exhibited by psychiatric patients. To validate the defining characteristics of potential for violence, 125 registered nurses were asked to rate the relevance of defining characteristics of the diagnosis. A diagnostic content validity index was used to ascertain which defining characteristics the nurses believed to be the most critical in the identification of violence potential. Nine major and 20 minor characteristics were identified by these nurses.

Language: en