Violence Episodes and Responses of Emergency Room Nurses / 기본간호학회지
Journal of Korean Academy of Fundamental Nursing
;
: 446-456, 2007.
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en Coreano
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| 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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Asunto principal:
Violencia
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Adaptación Psicológica
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Prevalencia
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Encuestas y Cuestionarios
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Educación
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Urgencias Médicas
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Servicio de Urgencia en Hospital
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Criminales
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Hospitales Generales
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio de prevalencia
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Estudio pronóstico
Límite:
Humanos
Idioma:
Coreano
Revista:
Journal of Korean Academy of Fundamental Nursing
Año:
2007
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