Implementation of Educational Programs to Reduce the Incidence of Workplace Violence Among Emergency Room Nurses
Disciplines
Nursing
Abstract (300 words maximum)
Background: Despite the recent pandemic uncovering health care inequities among nurses, workplace violence towards nurses is continuing to increase. Nurses who work in emergency departments are vulnerable to experiencing occupational violence. Emergency departments are infamous for being organized chaotic units with long wait times, short staff, and overcrowding. This violence effects the physical, mental, and emotional well-being of nurses. Nurses who experience workplace violence are overwhelmed, vulnerable, and underprepared. The stress of the victims has negative effects on patients, staff, and hospitals. Nurses who do not pertain the skillset to recognize, prevent, and intervene on this violence are particularly at higher risk to experience. Objective: The purpose of this study is to determine a relationship between the incidence of workplace violence against emergency room nurses and level of education on violence prevention. Methods: Kennesaw State Library, PubMed, 20 articles screened. After thorough screening and evaluation of quantitative and qualitative articles addressing workplace violence on emergency room nurses, it was found that studies have been performed to address interventions that decrease the incidence. Results: Research suggests that nurses who lack the knowledge on violence prevention are at highest risk for workplace violence. Emergency room nurses believe that prevention interventions such as education, training, de-escalation, and risk assessment are the best ways to lower the incidence of violence against nurses. Conclusion: This systematic review of articles establishes the importance of education prevention trainings for emergency room nurses in order to reduce the incidence of violence. Further studies need to be implemented to address the policy and procedure specific hospitals instead to reduce incidence of violence against nurses.
Academic department under which the project should be listed
Wellstar School of Nursing
Primary Investigator (PI) Name
Dr. Christie Emerson
Implementation of Educational Programs to Reduce the Incidence of Workplace Violence Among Emergency Room Nurses
Background: Despite the recent pandemic uncovering health care inequities among nurses, workplace violence towards nurses is continuing to increase. Nurses who work in emergency departments are vulnerable to experiencing occupational violence. Emergency departments are infamous for being organized chaotic units with long wait times, short staff, and overcrowding. This violence effects the physical, mental, and emotional well-being of nurses. Nurses who experience workplace violence are overwhelmed, vulnerable, and underprepared. The stress of the victims has negative effects on patients, staff, and hospitals. Nurses who do not pertain the skillset to recognize, prevent, and intervene on this violence are particularly at higher risk to experience. Objective: The purpose of this study is to determine a relationship between the incidence of workplace violence against emergency room nurses and level of education on violence prevention. Methods: Kennesaw State Library, PubMed, 20 articles screened. After thorough screening and evaluation of quantitative and qualitative articles addressing workplace violence on emergency room nurses, it was found that studies have been performed to address interventions that decrease the incidence. Results: Research suggests that nurses who lack the knowledge on violence prevention are at highest risk for workplace violence. Emergency room nurses believe that prevention interventions such as education, training, de-escalation, and risk assessment are the best ways to lower the incidence of violence against nurses. Conclusion: This systematic review of articles establishes the importance of education prevention trainings for emergency room nurses in order to reduce the incidence of violence. Further studies need to be implemented to address the policy and procedure specific hospitals instead to reduce incidence of violence against nurses.