Introduction: The authors argued that the abuse towards healthcare providers has gained the attention of various people and it is important to stop workplace violence before it takes a turn for the worse. Nurses are more vulnerable to abuse from other staff members and patients. Throughout the world, nurses experience workplace violence verbally and physically. Saudi Arabia is only one of the countries experiencing workplace violence in healthcare.
Literature Review: Past research has argued that workplace violence can be classified as anything regarding verbal, physical, and psychological damage. Some studies argued that healthcare workers experienced different forms of workplace violence in different work settings. Many workers are in constant contact with stressed and aggressive patients, the mentally ill, and those under the influence, which puts them at more risk of experiencing various forms of violence. Studies conducted in China revealed that the large amount of nurses working in psychiatric hospitals were mainly exposed to psychological abuse and verbal abuse. A study in Jordan revealed that their emergency nurses had higher exposure to verbal abuse rather than physical abuse. A study of 26,979 nurses in 100 hospitals in Taiwan revealed that 46.3% of nurses experienced verbal violence such as intimidation or sexual harassment. Both …show more content…
The majority of nurses worked in the inpatient departments resulting at 57.6%. One third of nurses (29.2%) were moderately worried about workplace violence. A majority of nurses said there were procedure in place for workplace violence. Also, 30.7% of nurses experienced verbal abuse. The most common forms of verbal abuse generally came from the patients and their relatives (53.2% and 30.1%). 45.8% of the data found that men were the attackers against nurses in the hospital. 69% of abused nurses claim that the abuse was
Literature Review: Past research has argued that workplace violence can be classified as anything regarding verbal, physical, and psychological damage. Some studies argued that healthcare workers experienced different forms of workplace violence in different work settings. Many workers are in constant contact with stressed and aggressive patients, the mentally ill, and those under the influence, which puts them at more risk of experiencing various forms of violence. Studies conducted in China revealed that the large amount of nurses working in psychiatric hospitals were mainly exposed to psychological abuse and verbal abuse. A study in Jordan revealed that their emergency nurses had higher exposure to verbal abuse rather than physical abuse. A study of 26,979 nurses in 100 hospitals in Taiwan revealed that 46.3% of nurses experienced verbal violence such as intimidation or sexual harassment. Both …show more content…
The majority of nurses worked in the inpatient departments resulting at 57.6%. One third of nurses (29.2%) were moderately worried about workplace violence. A majority of nurses said there were procedure in place for workplace violence. Also, 30.7% of nurses experienced verbal abuse. The most common forms of verbal abuse generally came from the patients and their relatives (53.2% and 30.1%). 45.8% of the data found that men were the attackers against nurses in the hospital. 69% of abused nurses claim that the abuse was