Grace Sund

1 month ago | pediatricnursing.org | Grace Sund |Theresa Kirkpatrick |Kristen R. Choi

KeywordsAggressionAssessmentPediatricBehavioral healthPsychiatryIntroductionPediatric emergency department and inpatient nurses are frequent targets for aggression or assault by children and adolescents receiving care for behavioral health emergencies (Crilly et al., 2004; Pich et al., 2010). Aggression towards staff members is dangerous for nurses, but also for patients.