Stressful Incidents of Physical Violence Against Emergency Nurses

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• Personal Author:
  Berry P ; Gates DM ; Gillespie GL
• Description:
  Physical violence against nurses has become an endemic problem affecting nurses in all settings. The purpose of this study was to describe acts of physical violence against emergency nurses perceived as stressful using a qualitative descriptive design with a national sample of emergency nurses. The guiding conceptual model for the study was the Ecological Occupational Health Model of Workplace Assault. Narrative accounts of physical violence were analyzed using a constant comparative analysis method. Key findings included risks related to employee, workplace, and aggressor factors, and descriptions of physical violence. Discussion of the study findings suggests that efforts to prevent violence and promote workplace safety need to focus on designing work environments that allow for the quick egress of employees, establishing and consistently enforcing policies aimed at violence prevention, and maintaining positive working relationships with security officers. While patients with mental health or substance use complaints are deemed most likely to commit physical violence, they are not the only patients to become violent. Risk reduction efforts should target all patients and visitors. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Emergency Responders Environmental Exposure Health Personnel Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Violence Workplace
• Keywords:
  Assaults Author Keywords: Aggression Emergency Care Emergency Nurses Emergency Treatment Employee Exposure Employee Health Employees Exposure Levels Intimidation Mental Health Models Nurses Patient Violence Risk Factors Safety Measures Security Officers Stress Substance Use Threats Violence Prevention Work Environment Workers Worker Safety Workplace Violence

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• ISSN:
  1091-3734
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  2
• Volume:
  18
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20050138
• Citation:
  Online J Issues Nurs 2013 Jan; 18(1):2
• Email:
  gordon.gillespie@uc.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2013
• Performing Organization:
  University of Cincinnati
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Online Journal of Issues in Nursing
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:91c8a0f60d89831e1d4301949fc0482e75cef7ba57209b32ce9c646161e4d55ddccf4c07c3c4c57d97bc58bf8ffcc920d5c97cd191244d4694c0e34c297465e4
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/210618/cdc_210618_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 465.57 KB ]