2017
DOI: 10.4037/ajcc2017984
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Aggression Management Education for Acute Care Nurses: What’s the Evidence?

Abstract: A regular feature of the American Journal of Critical Care, Clinical Evidence Review unveils available scientific evidence to answer questions faced in contemporary clinical practice. It is intended to support, refute, or shed light on health care practices where little evidence exists. We welcome letters regarding this feature and encourage the submission of questions for future review. W orkplace violence-any threat or act of physical violence, harassment, intimidation, or other threatening behavior 1 -is a … Show more

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“…The participants’ ability to react to aggression with compassion and empathy is an important element of education [ 30 ]. Further exploration is necessary to establish to what extent teaching suitable aggression de-escalation methods (prevention), compared to teaching intervention methods (self-defense), affects the sense of self-efficacy.…”
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confidence: 99%
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“…The participants’ ability to react to aggression with compassion and empathy is an important element of education [ 30 ]. Further exploration is necessary to establish to what extent teaching suitable aggression de-escalation methods (prevention), compared to teaching intervention methods (self-defense), affects the sense of self-efficacy.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The effectiveness of AMPs should be evaluated in relation to their objectives, which are mostly to deal with aggressive patients and teach skills useful for preventing aggressive behavior [ 30 ]. AMPs as a method enhance changes in attitudes, which in turn lead to changes in behavior.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…The study is in keeping with the study conducted by Chang, Park, Jang, Ahn and Yoon (2019), who stated that 70% of nurses had experienced at least 1 type of verbal aggression whereby higher physical aggression and hostility were significantly related to greater verbal abuse experience. Furthermore, Halm (2017), echoed this sentiment, in the study conducted in Australia which stated that the percentage of nurses reporting having experienced verbal threats or actual aggression ranges from 33% to 65%.…”
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“…Training may favorably affect de-escalation practices for some but does not change attitudes or the ability to relate interpersonally to an aggressive or violent patient, a skill necessary as part of effective de-escalation. 10 Instead, many approaches are essential to make an impact on violence and aggression in organizations. 9 According to the ANA, WPV prevention within hospitals should include the following: (1) a zero-tolerance policy for violence, (2) a risk identification process, (3) an immediate and effective response to violence, (4) continual data collection, and (5) investigation of each WPV incident by an interprofessional team.…”
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