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Title
Patient-related violence at triage: a qualitative descriptive study
Author/Creator
Pich, Jacqueline;  Hazelton, Michael;  Kable, Ashley;  Sundin, Deborah
Institution
The University of Newcastle. Faculty of Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery
Description
In 1992, the largest number of non-fatal workplace assaults in the United States occurred between nursing staff and patients (Fisher & Gunnison, 2001). Recent figures estimate that Australian nurses are four times more likely to suffer an assault than those in the general workforce (Hegney, Eley, Plank, Buikstra & Parker, 2006) and twice as likely to experience work-related crime than other healthcare workers (Gallant-Roman, 2008). In the United Kingdom the prevalence of episodes of violence from patients is also reported to be escalating (Paniagua, Bond & Thompson, 2009). The phenomenon of workplace violence has been identified as one of the most complex and dangerous hazards facing the nursing profession today (Estryn-Behar, van der Heijden, Camerino, Fry, Le Nezet, Conway & Hasselhorn, 2008).
Relation
Second International Conference on Violence in the Health Sector: From Awareness to Sustainable Action. Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Violence in the Health Sector - From Awareness to Sustainable Action (Amsterdam, Netherlands 27-29 October, 2010) p. 163-167
Relation
http://www.wma.net/en/20activities/40healthsystems/60violence
Date
2010
Publisher
Kavanah
Keyword(s)
violence;  aggression;  nurses;  emergency department;  patients;  workplace
Resource Type
conference paper
Identifier
http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/935570
Identifier
ISBN:9789057400896
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