title: Coping with aspects of patient and domestic violence in nursing.
abstract: In this monthly column, Aysha Mendes discusses how nurses, in collaboration with healthcare organisations, can protect themselves against violence from patients, and how to care for patients who have experienced domestic abuse.
authors.affiliation: Freelance Journalist, specialising in health, psychology and nursing.
authors.forename: Aysha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mendes
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D017579:Domestic Violence; D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000523:psychology*; D010361:Patients