Frequency and barriers of reporting workplace violence in nurses: An online survey in China
This study aimed to explore the reporting of workplace violence against nurses and the reasons why they did not reported. 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 jo...
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Published in | International journal of nursing sciences Vol. 8; no. 1; pp. 65 - 70 |
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Main Authors | , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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China
Elsevier B.V
10.01.2021
Department of Nursing,Union Hospital,Tongji Medical College,Huazhong University of Science and Technology,Wuhan,Hubei,China%Department of Cardiac Surgery,Union Hospital,Tongji Medical College,Huazhong University of Science and Technology,Wuhan,Hubei,China Chinese Nursing Association Elsevier |
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Summary: | This study aimed to explore the reporting of workplace violence against nurses and the reasons why they did not reported.
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.
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.
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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ISSN: | 2352-0132 2096-6296 2352-0132 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.ijnss.2020.11.006 |