- Title
- Resistance to care: contributing factors and associated behaviours in healthcare facilities
- Creator
- Kable, Ashley; Guest, Maya; McLeod, Mary
- Relation
- Journal of Advanced Nursing Vol. 69, Issue 8, p. 1747-1760
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jan.12035
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2013
- Description
- Aims: This article reports results of a study of contributing factors and associated behaviours in specific clinical areas to resistance to care episodes. Background: Resistance to Care has previously been studied in aged care settings, and previous studies have reported patient behaviours and appropriate responses. Resistance to Care is a defensive response by patients towards healthcare staff and is demonstrated in various non-compliant behaviours. Design: Cross-sectional study. Methods: A cross-sectional survey of a representative sample of nurses (n = 5044), who were members of the New South Wales Nurses' Association in Australia, was conducted in 2008–2009. Results: Resistance to Care episodes occur in various clinical settings and may be precipitated by a range of clinical diagnoses and symptoms. They may also be triggered during various nursing activities that nurses recognize as high-risk for these episodes. Conclusion: The reported Resistance to Care behaviours are similar to those reported in studies of aggression and violence; however, they require a substantially different response by nurses in various clinical contexts.
- Subject
- behaviour; contributing factors; nurses; resistance to care
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1297469
- Identifier
- uon:19455
- Identifier
- ISSN:1365-2648
- Language
- eng
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