- Title
- Daily reality of violence in a rural emergency department: Is violence becoming the new normal?
- Creator
- Jacob, Alycia; Van Vuuren, Julia; Kinsman, Leigh; Spelten, Evelien
- Relation
- Emergency Medicine Australasia Vol. 34, Issue 4, p. 555-558
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1742-6723.13942
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2022
- Description
- Objectives: Violence in emergency healthcare is a persistent and concerning problem. The objective of the present study was to explore and understand rural nurses' views on the daily experience and impact of violence, and its perpetrators. Methods: The present study took a descriptive exploratory approach. Two focus groups were held with nurses from an ED at a rural hospital in New South Wales, Australia. Results: Violence occurred regularly and had a significant impact on staff. Nurses go to work expecting to search patients for weapons and be physically and verbally abused. Tolerating and being able to manage violence has become a rite of passage. Conclusions: The present study shows that rural workers, like metropolitan workers, feel experiences of violence are a routine part of their roles. Violence in healthcare is a societal issue, that cannot be solved without a multifactor approach that considers the characteristics of the perpetrators.
- Subject
- aggression; emergency nursing; hospital emergency service; nursing experience; perpetrators; violence
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1469362
- Identifier
- uon:48205
- Identifier
- ISSN:1742-6731
- Language
- eng
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