Who would want to be a nurse? Violence in the workplace - a factor in recruitment and retention

Abstract

In a climate of a declining nursing workforce where violence and hostility is a part of the day-to-day lives of most nurses, it is timely to name violence as a major factor in the recruitment and retention of registered nurses in the health system. Workplace violence takes many forms such as aggression, harassment, bullying, intimidation and assault. Violent acts are perpetrated against nurses from various quarters including patients, relatives, other nurses and other professional groups. Research suggests that nurse managers are implicated in workplace violence and bullying. Furthermore, there may be a direct link between episodes of violence and aggression towards nurses and sick leave, burnout and poor recruitment and retention rates. This paper explores what is known about workplace violence as it affects nurses, and calls for managerial support and policy to act to improve work environments for all nurses.

Violence Experienced By Nursing Students in Clinical Practice Settings

“…Bireylere üst-leri, eşit düzeydeki çalışanlar veya astları tarafından sistematik biçimde uygulanan her tür kötü muamele, tehdit, şiddet, aşağı-lama gibi davranışları ifade eden anlamlar içerir (Tınaz, 2006). Hemşirelerin iş yerinde karşılaştıkları şiddet, hastalardan, hasta yakınlarından, hekimlerden ve hemşire arkadaşlarından kaynaklanır (Jackson, Clare & Mannix, 2002;St-Pierre & Holmes, 2008;Woelfle & McCaffrey, 2007). Hemşirelerin hemşirelere uyguladığı şiddet oldukça yaygındır.…”

The effect of aggression management training programmes for nursing staff and students working in an acute hospital setting. A narrative review of current literature

“…While most incidents of patient or visitor aggression (PVA) arise in mental health and accident and emergency departments (10,11), PVA also occurs in other clinical settings, such as medical and surgical departments (12,13). Frequent staff exposure to aggression hampers recruitment and retention, and engenders a multitude of problems in the workforce, such as heightened risk of burnout, sleep disturbance, anxiety, as well as intent to leave the profession (6,9,14,15). PVA is influenced by a variety of internal, external and interactional factors (16) and there is to date no comprehensive theory of PVA and how it emerges in the inpatient setting (17).…”

Frequency of Healthcare Workers’ Exposure to Violence in the City Center of Sivas

“…Güvenlik görevlilerini değerlendirme dışı tuttuğumuzda, mesleksel açıdan hemşireler şiddete uğrama konusunda daha riskli bir gruptur. [22][23] Hemşirelere yönelik şiddet oranının yüksek çıkmasının bir diğer nedeni ise; literatürde de gösterildiği üzere çalışma arkadaşları ve idari personelden kaynaklanan psikolojik şiddete maruz kalmalarıdır. [24][25] Jackson ve Ashley çalışmalarında sözel şiddete kadınların, fiziksel şiddete erkeklerin daha fazla maruz kaldığını bildirmişlerdir.…”