Frequency and barriers of reporting workplace violence in nurses: An online survey in China
Objectives: This study aimed to explore the reporting of workplace violence against nurses and the reasons why they did not reported. Methods: A self-designed questionnaire regarding workplace violence and reporting was used to conduct a cross-sectional survey on nurses who submitted a manuscript to...
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| description | Objectives: This study aimed to explore the reporting of workplace violence against nurses and the reasons why they did not reported. Methods: A self-designed questionnaire regarding workplace violence and reporting was used to conduct a cross-sectional survey on nurses who submitted a manuscript to a Chinese nursing journal from 2016 to 2017. A total of 324 nurses agreed to participate in this study and 266 participants from 165 hospitals in 72 cities returned questionnaires. Results: A total of 172 nurses (64.7%) experienced violent incidents during the past year. Of these incidents, 45.5% were reported; and the reporting rate of physical assaults (69.0%) was higher than those of verbal abuse (36.9%), threatening behavior (51.7%), and sexual harassment (60.0%). Formal reporting accounted for 25.4% (15.4% in written form and 10.0% through a computer-assisted reporting system). Almost half of the nurses (49.6%) stated that the hospital had no reporting system or they were uncertain about the reporting system. For reasons of not reporting, 51.9% of the nurses were unware of how and what types of violence to report, and 50.6% of the nurses believed that the hospital paid greater attention to patients rather than staff. Conclusions: A clear definition of workplace violence and reporting procedures, establishment of a facile system for reporting, and supervisory support following a reporting are urgently required. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5beb0652b482429595ab7105600265332022-12-21T22:25:51ZengElsevierInternational Journal of Nursing Sciences2352-01322021-01-01816570Frequency and barriers of reporting workplace violence in nurses: An online survey in ChinaChunyan Song0Gaili Wang1Hongyan Wu2Department of Nursing, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, ChinaDepartment of Cardiac Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, ChinaDepartment of Nursing, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China; Corresponding author.Objectives: This study aimed to explore the reporting of workplace violence against nurses and the reasons why they did not reported. Methods: A self-designed questionnaire regarding workplace violence and reporting was used to conduct a cross-sectional survey on nurses who submitted a manuscript to a Chinese nursing journal from 2016 to 2017. A total of 324 nurses agreed to participate in this study and 266 participants from 165 hospitals in 72 cities returned questionnaires. Results: A total of 172 nurses (64.7%) experienced violent incidents during the past year. Of these incidents, 45.5% were reported; and the reporting rate of physical assaults (69.0%) was higher than those of verbal abuse (36.9%), threatening behavior (51.7%), and sexual harassment (60.0%). Formal reporting accounted for 25.4% (15.4% in written form and 10.0% through a computer-assisted reporting system). Almost half of the nurses (49.6%) stated that the hospital had no reporting system or they were uncertain about the reporting system. For reasons of not reporting, 51.9% of the nurses were unware of how and what types of violence to report, and 50.6% of the nurses believed that the hospital paid greater attention to patients rather than staff. Conclusions: A clear definition of workplace violence and reporting procedures, establishment of a facile system for reporting, and supervisory support following a reporting are urgently required.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235201322030171XHospital nursing staffSelf reportViolenceWorkplace |
| spellingShingle | Chunyan Song Gaili Wang Hongyan Wu Frequency and barriers of reporting workplace violence in nurses: An online survey in China International Journal of Nursing Sciences Hospital nursing staff Self report Violence Workplace |
| title | Frequency and barriers of reporting workplace violence in nurses: An online survey in China |
| title_full | Frequency and barriers of reporting workplace violence in nurses: An online survey in China |
| title_fullStr | Frequency and barriers of reporting workplace violence in nurses: An online survey in China |
| title_full_unstemmed | Frequency and barriers of reporting workplace violence in nurses: An online survey in China |
| title_short | Frequency and barriers of reporting workplace violence in nurses: An online survey in China |
| title_sort | frequency and barriers of reporting workplace violence in nurses an online survey in china |
| topic | Hospital nursing staff Self report Violence Workplace |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235201322030171X |
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