User violence towards nursing professionals in mental health services and emergency units
Workplace violence is present in many work sectors, but in the area of mental health, nurses have a higher risk due to the close relationship they have with users. This study analyzed hostile user statements against nursing professionals of Mental Health Services and Emergency Units in Health Servi...
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| author | Bartolomé Llor-Esteban María Sánchez-Mu˜noz José Antonio Ruiz-Hernández José Antonio Jiménez-Barbero |
| author_facet | Bartolomé Llor-Esteban María Sánchez-Mu˜noz José Antonio Ruiz-Hernández José Antonio Jiménez-Barbero |
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| description | Workplace violence is present in many work sectors, but in the area of mental health, nurses have a higher risk due to the close relationship they have with users. This study analyzed hostile user statements against nursing professionals of Mental Health Services and Emergency Units in Health Service (MHS) hospitals in Murcia, Spain, and determined the frequency of exposure to the different violent user behaviors. The study was carried out with a sample of 518 nursing professionals from four hospital services:
Mental Health, Emergency Units, Medical Hospitalization, and Maternal-and-Child. The nursing staff of Mental Health and Emergency Units was the most exposed to violence. Non-physical violence was more frequent in Emergency Units, whereas physical violence was more frequent in Mental Health.
Among the consequences of exposure to non-physical violence are workers’ emotional exhaustion and the presence of psychological distress. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3130ab511e4044feb2befa3ac9966cc72022-12-21T17:59:19ZengSociedad Española de Psicología Jurídica y ForenseEuropean Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context1889-18611989-40072017-01-0191334010.1016/j.ejpal.2016.06.002User violence towards nursing professionals in mental health services and emergency unitsBartolomé Llor-Esteban0María Sánchez-Mu˜noz1José Antonio Ruiz-Hernández2José Antonio Jiménez-Barbero3University of Murcia, SpainMurcian Health Service, Mental Health Service of Cartagena, Murcia, SpainUniversity of Murcia, SpainMurcian Health Service, Mental Health Service of Cartagena, Murcia, SpainWorkplace violence is present in many work sectors, but in the area of mental health, nurses have a higher risk due to the close relationship they have with users. This study analyzed hostile user statements against nursing professionals of Mental Health Services and Emergency Units in Health Service (MHS) hospitals in Murcia, Spain, and determined the frequency of exposure to the different violent user behaviors. The study was carried out with a sample of 518 nursing professionals from four hospital services: Mental Health, Emergency Units, Medical Hospitalization, and Maternal-and-Child. The nursing staff of Mental Health and Emergency Units was the most exposed to violence. Non-physical violence was more frequent in Emergency Units, whereas physical violence was more frequent in Mental Health. Among the consequences of exposure to non-physical violence are workers’ emotional exhaustion and the presence of psychological distress.http://ejpalc.elsevier.es/en/pdf/S1889186116300373/S300/Mental health servicesNursing staffWorkplace violence |
| spellingShingle | Bartolomé Llor-Esteban María Sánchez-Mu˜noz José Antonio Ruiz-Hernández José Antonio Jiménez-Barbero User violence towards nursing professionals in mental health services and emergency units European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context Mental health services Nursing staff Workplace violence |
| title | User violence towards nursing professionals in mental health services and emergency units |
| title_full | User violence towards nursing professionals in mental health services and emergency units |
| title_fullStr | User violence towards nursing professionals in mental health services and emergency units |
| title_full_unstemmed | User violence towards nursing professionals in mental health services and emergency units |
| title_short | User violence towards nursing professionals in mental health services and emergency units |
| title_sort | user violence towards nursing professionals in mental health services and emergency units |
| topic | Mental health services Nursing staff Workplace violence |
| url | http://ejpalc.elsevier.es/en/pdf/S1889186116300373/S300/ |
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