Workplace violence in Alberta and British Columbia hospitals
Workplace violence in Alberta and British Columbia hospitals
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DOI：
10.1016/s0168-8510(02)00142-2
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发表时间：
2003-03-01
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影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
Acorn, S
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作者：
Hesketh, KL;Duncan, SM;Acorn, S
工作场所暴力是包括护士在内的卫生保健工作者普遍关注的重大公共卫生问题。随着人们越来越意识到实践环境如何影响患者的结果和卫生专业人员的保留，现在是时候考虑医院工作场所暴力的影响了。加拿大阿尔伯塔省和不列颠哥伦比亚省的注册护士在过去五个班次中接受了关于工作场所暴力经历的调查。我们的研究结果表明，护士在一个给定的工作周内经历了许多暴力事件，特别是在紧急情况下，精神病和医疗外科设置。大多数暴力行为是由病人实施的，但也有很大一部分暴力和虐待是由医院同事实施的，特别是精神虐待和性骚扰。我们的研究结果还表明，大多数工作场所暴力没有报告。我们建议，使用破窗理论可能是一个有用的工具，概念化为什么工作场所暴力发生，并使用这个框架开始制定新的暴力预防政策和战略。(C)2002爱思唯尔科学爱尔兰有限公司保留所有权利。
Workplace violence is a significant and widespread public health concern among health care workers, including nurses. With growing awareness of how practice environments influence patient outcomes and the retention of health professionals, it is timely to consider the impact of workplace violence in hospitals. Registered nurses in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada were surveyed on their experiences of violence in the workplace over the last five shifts. Our results suggest that nurses are experiencing many' incidences of violence in a given work week, particularly in the emergency, psychiatric, and medical-surgical settings. Most violent acts are perpetrated by patients, but there is also a significant portion of violence and abuse committed by hospital co-workers, particularly emotional abuse and sexual harassment. Our results also indicate that the majority of workplace violence is not reported. We suggest that using the Broken Windows theory might be a useful tool to conceptualize why workplace violence occurs, and that this framework be used to begin to develop new violence prevention policies and strategies. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.