Workplace violence against nurses in emergency departments in <scp>J</scp>ordan

ALBashtawy, Mohammed

doi:10.1111/inr.12059

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“…The findings of our study were in coherence with many studies which indicate that nurses are exposed to high rates of workplace violence. 1,19,[26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37] These findings are a cause of concern considering the fact that workplace violence is associated with intentions to leave the profession. 22,38 The current study indicated that in majority of cases patients relatives were the perpetrators of the violence.…”

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Violence against health care workers: a provider’s (staff nurse) perspective

Mishra

Chopra

Jauhari

et al. 2018

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: Work place violence has become an endemic problem for health care workers (HCW) worldwide. The staff nurses are the most vulnerable and most assaulted among all the health care workers. The study was conducted with an aim to assess the frequency of violence and factors responsible, the response of the staff nurses after an incident of violence, any association between the socio-demographic factors with the violence against the HCW and to seek the suggestions to stop/prevent such incidents.Methods: A cross sectional study conducted in a tertiary care private sector hospital in Lucknow. All the staff nurses working in IIMSR (Purposive Convenience). 141 staff nurses consented and were enrolled in the study. A qualified consenting nurse having at least 6 months of professional experience were included in the study.Results: Approximately three fourth of the nurses have ever been exposed to the violence and verbal abuse was the most common form of violence. The intense workload, high patient expectation and substance abuse were the three important contributing factors. The majority of nurses who suffered violence ever, felt that it was preventable. Ever reporting of violence was high and majority (>80%) of respondents felt that making the waiting room/area comfortable and restricted entry to staff and examination room can stop or prevent the violence.Conclusions: The violence against health care workers especially nurses is a major problem and can threaten the delivery of effective quality care. These incidents are preventable, provided security; training and communications measures are in place.

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Violence against health care workers: a provider’s (staff nurse) perspective

Mishra

Chopra

Jauhari

et al. 2018

Int J Community Med Public Health

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“…Workplace violence is not confined to South Africa; for instance recent studies have shown that it occurs in Jordan (35), Pakistan (36), and China (37). Guidelines have been developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) in order to address workplace violence (38) and governments must implement strategies to ensure occupational safety.…”

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Security and skills: the two key issues in health worker migration

Bidwell

Laxmikanth

Blacklock

et al. 2014

Global Health Action

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BackgroundMigration of health workers from Africa continues to undermine the universal provision of quality health care. South Africa is an epicentre for migration – it exports more health workers to high-income countries than any other African country and imports health workers from its lower-income neighbours to fill the gap. Although an inter-governmental agreement in 2003 reduced the very high numbers migrating from South Africa to the United Kingdom, migration continues to other high-income English-speaking countries and few workers seem to return although the financial incentive to work abroad has lessened. A deeper understanding of reasons for migration from South Africa and post-migration experiences is therefore needed to underpin policy which is developed in order to improve retention within source countries and encourage return.MethodsSemi-structured interviews were conducted with 16 South African doctors and nurses who had migrated to the United Kingdom. Interviews explored factors influencing the decision to migrate and post-migration experiences.ResultsSalary, career progression, and poor working conditions were not major push factors for migration. Many health workers reported that they had previously overcome these issues within the South African healthcare system by migrating to the private sector. Overwhelmingly, the major push factors were insecurity, high levels of crime, and racial tension. Although the wish to work and train in what was perceived to be a first-class care system was a pull factor to migrate to the United Kingdom, many were disappointed by the experience. Instead of obtaining new skills, many (particularly nurses) felt they had become ‘de-skilled’. Many also felt that working conditions and opportunities for them in the UK National Health Service (NHS) compared unfavourably with the private sector in South Africa.ConclusionsMigration from South Africa seems unlikely to diminish until the major concerns over security, crime, and racial tensions are resolved. However, good working conditions in the private sector in South Africa provide an occupational incentive to return if security did improve. Potential migrants should be made more aware of the risks of losing skills while working abroad that might prejudice return. In addition, re-skilling initiatives should be encouraged.

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“…Nurses comprise the majority of workers in healthcare settings. Being in the front line of the healthcare system, nurses are more vulnerable to be attacked by patients, families and other co‐workers (AbuAlRub & Al‐Asmar ; Ahmed ; Albashtawy ; Ayranci ; Chen et al. ; Hesketh et al.…”

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“…Jordanian nurses are not an exception; like other nurses worldwide, they commonly experience violence at their workplace (AbuAlRub & Al‐Asmar ; Ahmed ; Albashtawy ). Recent reports show that workplace violence among Jordanians is as high as 75% (Albashtawy ).…”

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