The experiences of registered nurses who are injured by interpersonal violence while on duty in an emergency department.

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• Personal Author:
  Gillespie G ; Sekula K ; Wright-Brown S ; Zoucha R
• Description:
  A successful career as an emergency department registered nurse (RN) requires the ability to respond quickly to a wide variety of potentially life-threatening illnesses and injuries. The unpredictable nature of this work can evoke emotional and physical stress on the RN beyond that which might be experienced by nurses who work in more stable, controlled, and predictable environments. Emergency healthcare is predicated on unexpected illness or injury leading to unscheduled episodic work. Additional stress is placed on the RN by the potential for violence that occurs in emergency departments. This mixed method pilot study describes the experiences of RNs who have been injured by violence while working in an emergency department. The study included an assessment of the job satisfaction of RNs in the emergency department based on Porter's Need Satisfaction Scale. This scale addresses need fulfillment in five categories: security, social, esteem, autonomy, and self-actualization. The self-actualization subscale measures satisfaction with personal growth, worthwhile accomplishments, and self-fulfillment. During the second strand of the study, phenomenological informed interviews were held with RNs who had been injured while on duty in an emergency department. The findings indicate that the largest reported gaps between the current state and the desired state were found in the area of security and self-actualization. RNs in the emergency department who answered the survey indicated that they desired a safe, secure worksite where they could achieve personal growth, worthwhile accomplishments, and self-fulfillment; but they were not satisfied with their current status in these areas. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Emergency Responders Health Personnel Occupational Health Safety Stress, Psychological Violence Workplace
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Emergency Department Violence; Healthcare Violence; Interpersonal Violence; Job Satisfaction; Violence; Violence Involving Nurses Emergency Care; Nurses; Nursing; Health Care Workers; Work Environment; Job Stress; Workplace Violence; Injuries;
• ISSN:
  1556-3693
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Arkansas ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 6 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  189-197
• Volume:
  12
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20065096
• Citation:
  J Forensic Nurs 2016 Oct-Dec; 12(4):189-197
• Contact Point Address:
  Salena Wright-Brown, MNSc, APRN-BC, Veterans Health Administration, Box 829, Lowell, AR 72745
• Email:
  SwHEAL@aol.com
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2017
• Performing Organization:
  University of Cincinnati
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Forensic Nursing
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c4abfe8dc6edb886e55ae953b465b9dc1ede8d20412f8c27c05ac5f9d54dd50f87c70dc5fb26b4267db6fad252f05e10afc8f249329163dab0e92869885566b7
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/249331/cdc_249331_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 275.42 KB ]