Violence Episodes and Responses of Emergency Room Nurses / 기본간호학회지
Journal of Korean Academy of Fundamental Nursing
;
: 446-456, 2007.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-655190
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
The purpose of study was to identify violence episodes by patients and/or their guardians and responses from emergency room nurses.METHOD:
A convenient sample of 172 emergency nurses was selected from general hospitals with more than 200 beds. A survey design was used and data were collected from October 2 to October 11, 2006. using self-report questionnaires which were developed by the authors. Descriptive statistics, with the SPSS PC program were used to analyze the data.RESULTS:
The majority of nurses (97.1%) had experienced violence by patients or their guardians in the previous month. Violence offenders who were drunk comprised 68.6% of total offenders. Causes of violence were delays in examination and treatment (59.9%). The major coping behavior in dealing with violence episodes was ignoring (40.1%). Responses to violence experienced by emergency nurses were rated as 2.39. Response to violence according to general characteristics of the nurses showed no statistically significant differences.CONCLUSION:
Considering the high prevalence of violence experienced by emergency nurses, hospitals must develop and manage preventive education programs and policy.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Violence
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Adaptation, Psychological
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Prevalence
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Surveys and Questionnaires
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Education
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Emergencies
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Emergency Service, Hospital
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Criminals
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Hospitals, General
Type of study:
Prevalence study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of Korean Academy of Fundamental Nursing
Year:
2007
Type:
Article
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