Nurses were recruited by advertisement. A self-administered questionnaire with 23 items was given to participants by a head nurse. Violent acts were classified as physical or nonphysical. Descriptive statistics are presented and statistical comparisons were made to evaluate differences by gender, ...
OBJECTIVES: To determine the prevalence of workplace violence against Chinese nurses, and its influencing factors. DESIGN: A multi-center, cross-sectional study. SETTINGS: The seven geographical regions (i.e., northeast, north, central, east, south, northwest, and southwest) of China. ...
Workplace Violence in Healthcare: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2018. https://www.bls.gov/iif/factsheets/workplace-violence-healthcare-2018.htm. Accessed 24 Jan 2023. Ma J, Chen X, Zheng Q, et al. Serious workplace violence against healthcare providers in china between 2004 and 2018...
Nurses are one of the professional groups highly vulnerable to workplace violence. This study was conducted to assess the prevalence and form of workplace violence against Professional Nurses. Institution-based cross-sectional study design was used to study 385 nurses working at the University of Gon...
Nurses working in emergency care, in particular, are especially prone to workplace violence, as 25% of them have experienced some sort of physical violence at work at least once in their career. In addition to these shocking statistics, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has...
OBJECTIVES: To determine the prevalence and nature of workplace violence against nurses, and how nurses deal with such aggression; and to identify the risk factors related to violence in the hospital environment. DESIGN: Cross-sectional questionnaire study. SETTING: University teaching hospital, Hong ...
Coworker violence occurs when an employee or past employee attacks or threatens coworkers. This category includes violence by employees, supervisors, managers, and owners. Examples may be violence committed by supervisors against subordinates, physicians against nurses, subordinates against supervisors, and...
Workplace Violence against Nurses Working at Private Teaching Hospitals of Kathmandu: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study Introduction: Workplace violence in hospitals is a global concern and is considered as a major occupational hazard for all health care providers including ... S Dahal,N Devkota,...
Workplace Violence What is already known about the topic? What this paper adds 1. Introduction Workplace violence is a prevalent phenomenon in healthcare. Nurses are particularly at risk from workplace violence due to the nature of their work and characteristics of their work environments. Caring...
Many physicians, nurses and other health workers experience violence in the workplace.4But why? Survey respondents reported that abusive patients tended to be intoxicated (19%), repeat abusers (33%) or had mental illness problems (33%).2Among abusive family members, 5% were intoxicated and 14...