Violence against healthcare professionals is frequent, and constitutes a source of concern in the health system. Scientific literature highlights negative behavioral, emotional, cognitive and physical outcomes. The aim of this review is to examine the impact that exposure to workplace violence against ...
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 ...
In healthcare, a psychologically unsafe work environment can negatively affect the emotional, physical and psychological well-being of physicians. This study aimed to examine the relationship between workplace violence, sexual harassment and musculoskeletal pain among Egyptian physicians in their years of ...
Many healthcare facilities, especially in high-risk areas, such as emergency departments and level I trauma centers, are routinely the sites of violent outbursts. Patients and/or their families attack providers all too frequently. Many of these workers have come to believe violence is just part ...
The most incidents of workplace violence occurred in adult male prisons. Review of the types of adverse health outcomes experienced by the victims of workplace violence and the assessments of severity assigned to violent incidents suggests that, compared with health care settings in the community, ...
Health care and social service workers are almost four times as likely to be injured as a result of violence as the average private sector workers. "It is unacceptable that the people who dedicate their lives to caring for our loved ones often work in fear of injury or death," ...
Workplace Violence Earlier this month, the Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals, the union that represents the Temple University Hospital nurses, hosted a Philadelphia conference to address violence against healthcare professionals state-wide. While instances of violence in an ...
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...
shorter working years (β = –0.21, p = .014), and experiencing more frequent workplace violence (β = 0.21, p =.007) were associated with an increased risk of SMA.Conclusions/Application to PracticeOur study shows a generally moderate level of SMA among nurses in Hunan Province, which ...
Employees in some industries are at higher risk of workplace violence. These includehealthcare workers, peace officers, social services employees, teachers and educators, retail staff, and public transit drivers. People who work at night, in rural or remote areas, and/or work alone also have an...