Workplace violence is a threatening worldwide public health problem. Healthcare workers have under particular risk of workplace violence, and they are being exposed to violence 4-16 times more than other service workers. The frequency of violence in the health sector in the world has indicated ...
NEW YORK, April 21 (Xinhua) -- Healthcare workers in the United States are six times more likely to experience violence in the workplace than average workers, and the pandemic has worsened the situation, the Quartz news website reported on Wednesday. Around 48 percent of hospital nurses repor...
Healthcare workers suffer from a tolerance of workplace violence and the perception that their profession implies the acceptance of that violence. As a result, people who experience violence on a day-to-day basis become habituated to it as a part of the human condition. Violence can be ...
Steps to prevent and reduce workplace violence for healthcare workersThe occurrence of workplace violence for healthcare workers is nearly 4 times higher than other industries. In fact, according to a survey conducted by the American Nurses Association, nurses are particularly vulnerable to workplace...
According to the World Health Organization, on a global basis, nearly 62% of healthcare workers are exposed to violence in the workplace, with verbal abuse (58%) being the most common form of violence, followed by threats (33%) and harassment (12%) [3]. According to the reports of ...
The studies identified seven categories of consequences of Workplace violence workplace violence: (1) physical, (2) psychological, (3) emotional, (4) work functioning, (5) relationship with Healthcare workers patients/quality of care, (6) social/general, and (7) financial. Psychological ...
Workplace violence (WPV) against healthcare workers (HCW) is a globally growing problem in healthcare systems. Despite decades of research and interventions violent incidents are rising in their severity and frequency. A structured review of PubMed and Scopus databases and supplementary internet search...
Health care workersHealth systemsLow and middle-income countriesWorkplace violenceWorkplace violence (WPV) is an entity that cuts across all work settings with a high prevalence in the health sector particularly in low and middle-income countries where conditions of care and service are poor.#To ...
Workplace violence is an underreported problem, and there are few studies on workplace external violence (WEV) in healthcare workers. The aim objective of this study is to estimate prevalence of the WEV among healthcare workers and to characterize it. METHODS. Cross-sectional study among ...
Workplace violenceQualitative researchEmergency departmentEmergency nursingViolence against healthcare workersReporting behaviorsBackground Violence against healthcare workers is a pervasive, yet in many cases, under-reported problem. This is due to various factors, including lack of time, support and a ...