ArticleThe western journal of emergency medicine2021
Unheard Victims: Multidisciplinary Incidence and Reporting of Violence in an Emergency Department.
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- How to Adequately Report Workplace Violence in Healthcare Setting: A Systematic Review With Hierarchical Cluster Analysis of Workplace Violence Reporting Forms.Journal of nursing management · 2026Pooled it
- Development and psychometric validation of the hospital Security Personnel Narrative Competency Scale (HSPNCS).BMC health services research · 2026Article
- Workplace violence against healthcare workers: a scoping review of reporting practices, barriers to reporting and institutional responses (2020-2025).BMC health services research · 2026Article
- Violence from patients and visitors in the emergency department - reporting of aggression by medical staff.International journal of occupational medicine and environmental health · 2025Article
- Prevalence and Impact of Violence Against Healthcare Workers in Brazilian Emergency Departments: A National Survey.The western journal of emergency medicine · 2025Article
- Psychosocial working conditions and violence prevention climate in German emergency departments - a cross-sectional study.BMC emergency medicine · 2025Article
- Medicolegal analysis of physical violence toward physicians in Egypt.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Trajectories and Predictors of Client Violence Among Child Protection Services Workers.Psychology of violence · 2024Article
- The effectiveness of a workplace violence prevention strategy based on situational prevention theory for nurses in managing violent situations: a quasi-experimental study.BMC health services research · 2023Article
- The Team Is Not Okay: Violence in Emergency Departments Across Disciplines in a Health System.The western journal of emergency medicine · 2023Article
- Violence against nurses by patients and visitors in the emergency department: A concept analysis.Journal of nursing management · 2022Review
- Workplace Violence in the Emergency Department: Case Study on Staff and Law Enforcement Disagreement on Reportable Crimes.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
introductionWorkplace violence in the emergency department (ED) is a serious threat to staff and is likely to go unreported. We sought to identify the incidence of violence among staff at our academic ED over a six-month period.
methodsAn anonymous survey was sent to all ED staff, asking whether respondents had experienced verbal abuse or physical assault over the prior six months and whether they had reported it. Those working in the department <6 months were excluded from analysis. We used chi-squared comparison to analyze the results.
resultsWe analyzed 242 responses. Overall, 208 (86%) respondents indicated being verbally abused in the preceding six months, and 90 (37%) indicated being physically assaulted. Security officers had the highest incidence of verbal abuse (98%), followed by nursing (95%), patient care assistants (PCA) (90%) and clinicians (90%), phlebotomists (75%), care team assistants (73%), registration staff (50%) and electrocardiogram (ECG)/radiology technicians (50%). Security also had the highest incidence of physical assault (73%), followed by nursing (49%), PCAs (30%), clinicians (24%), phlebotomists (17%), and ECG/radiology technicians (13%). A total of 140 (69%) non-security personnel indicated that they never report incidents of violence.
conclusionOur results indicate that violence in the ED affects more than just nurses and doctors. As health systems seek to improve the safety of their employees in violence-prone areas, it is imperative that they direct initiatives to the entire healthcare team as no one group is immune.
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