Why Won’t It Stop: Workplace Violence in Emergency Care

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• Personal Author:
  Gillespie, Gordon L. ; Tamsukhin, Sara
• Description:
  Workplace violence by patients and visitors against emergency nurses has been ongoing for over 40 years. In 1981, Dubin reported on the conditions most associated with pa ; tient violence, including substance use, intoxication, and ; withdrawal; acute psychosis; paranoia; borderline personal ; ity; and organic brain disease. He further warned clinicians ; to watch for signs of escalation, such as aggressive body ; posture, speech, and motor activity. These patient condi ; tions and "warning signs" have not changed in the last 40 ; years, although the catalog of conditions and signs has ; increased. Additional considerations are patients dissatisfied ; with care, diagnosed with cornoavirus disease-2019, with a ; chief complaint of injury, and over the age of 60 years, as ; well as environmental factors such as emergency department ; crowding and staffing shortages. Given that emergency ; nurses have had this knowledge for over 40 years, why is ; workplace violence still a problem? Why hasn't it stopped? Description provided by NIOSH
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• Subjects:
  • Communicable Diseases
  • Emergency Responders
  • Environment
  • Health Personnel
  • Mental Health
  • Nervous System
  • Occupational Health
  • Safety
  • Substance-Related Disorders
  • Violence
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• Keywords:
  • Emergency care
  • Nurses
  • Workplace violence
  • Substance abuse
  • Intoxication
  • Mental health
  • COVID-19
  • Injuries
  • Age groups
  • Environmental factors
• ISSN:
  0099-1767
• 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:
  7 pdf pages
• Volume:
  49
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20067553
• Citation:
  J Emerg Nurs 2023 May; 49(3):310-316
• Contact Point Address:
  Gordon L. Gillespie, PhD, DNP, RN, CEN, CNE, CPEN, PHCNS-BC, ANEF, FAEN, FAAN, University of Cincinnati College of Nursing, Post Office 210038, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0038
• Email:
  gordon.gillespie@uc.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2023
• Performing Organization:
  University of Cincinnati
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Emergency Nursing
• End Date:
  20260630
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/230739/cdc_230739_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 374.12 KB]
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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