Workplace Violence and Safety Issues in Long-Term Medical Care Facilities: Nurses' Perspectives
Background: Workplace violence (WPV) is becoming an issue that needs immediate attention in the United States, especially during this period as more states are adopting the “stand your ground laws to promote worker protection.” This study was conducted to investigate how WPV has contributed to an un...
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| description | Background: Workplace violence (WPV) is becoming an issue that needs immediate attention in the United States, especially during this period as more states are adopting the “stand your ground laws to promote worker protection.” This study was conducted to investigate how WPV has contributed to an unsafe environment for nurses and nursing assistants who work in long-term medical care facilities.
Methods: A structure questionnaire was used to collect data for the study. Three facilities were sampled and 80 nurses and certified nursing assistants participated in the study. Ninety-two percent (n = 74) were female and 8% (n = 6) were male. Approximately 62% were black or African American, approximately 33% were Caucasians, and only 2% were from other ethnicities.
Results: We found that 65% of the participants had experienced WPV while 41% believed that management shows little or no concern for their safety. Approximately 23% of respondents believed that reporting supervisor's WPV act is an unsafe action. In addition, 22% of those who reported that they have experienced WPV believed that the work environment is not safe to perform their duties. This significant difference in perception of workplace safety between those who had experienced WPV and those who had not was significant (t = 3.95, df = 158, p < 0.0001).
Conclusion: WPV is an epidemic problem that affects all health-care professionals. The findings of this study could help long-term medical care facilities' management identify the areas to focus on mitigating, controlling, and/or eliminating incidents of WPV. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-17067f13cc8448f38236ec78fcb485952023-09-02T13:17:44ZengElsevierSafety and Health at Work2093-79112016-06-01729710110.1016/j.shaw.2015.11.002Workplace Violence and Safety Issues in Long-Term Medical Care Facilities: Nurses' PerspectivesBankole K. FasanyaEmmanuel A. DadaBackground: Workplace violence (WPV) is becoming an issue that needs immediate attention in the United States, especially during this period as more states are adopting the “stand your ground laws to promote worker protection.” This study was conducted to investigate how WPV has contributed to an unsafe environment for nurses and nursing assistants who work in long-term medical care facilities. Methods: A structure questionnaire was used to collect data for the study. Three facilities were sampled and 80 nurses and certified nursing assistants participated in the study. Ninety-two percent (n = 74) were female and 8% (n = 6) were male. Approximately 62% were black or African American, approximately 33% were Caucasians, and only 2% were from other ethnicities. Results: We found that 65% of the participants had experienced WPV while 41% believed that management shows little or no concern for their safety. Approximately 23% of respondents believed that reporting supervisor's WPV act is an unsafe action. In addition, 22% of those who reported that they have experienced WPV believed that the work environment is not safe to perform their duties. This significant difference in perception of workplace safety between those who had experienced WPV and those who had not was significant (t = 3.95, df = 158, p < 0.0001). Conclusion: WPV is an epidemic problem that affects all health-care professionals. The findings of this study could help long-term medical care facilities' management identify the areas to focus on mitigating, controlling, and/or eliminating incidents of WPV.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2093791115000955bullyinglong-term medical care facilitysafetyterrorism |
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| title | Workplace Violence and Safety Issues in Long-Term Medical Care Facilities: Nurses' Perspectives |
| title_full | Workplace Violence and Safety Issues in Long-Term Medical Care Facilities: Nurses' Perspectives |
| title_fullStr | Workplace Violence and Safety Issues in Long-Term Medical Care Facilities: Nurses' Perspectives |
| title_full_unstemmed | Workplace Violence and Safety Issues in Long-Term Medical Care Facilities: Nurses' Perspectives |
| title_short | Workplace Violence and Safety Issues in Long-Term Medical Care Facilities: Nurses' Perspectives |
| title_sort | workplace violence and safety issues in long term medical care facilities nurses perspectives |
| topic | bullying long-term medical care facility safety terrorism |
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