ArticleCritical care (London, England)2024
The paradox of workplace violence in the intensive care unit: a focus group study.
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- Workplace violence experiences of intensive care unit healthcare providers: a qualitative systematic review and meta--synthesis.BMC health services research · 2025Pooled it
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- Family-led post-ICU discharge intervention for tracheostomized patients in India: Feasibility and formative impact evaluation.PloS one · 2026Article
- Experience of Communication with Hospitalized Pediatric and Adult Patients in Intensive Care Unit: Validation and Reliability Analysis of EC-ICU 24-Item Scale.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2026Article
- Relationships between professional value and workplace violence among healthcare workers: an empiricle study from China.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Risk Assessment of Workplace Violence Against Nurses: How Data Collection Methods Influence Results-A Swedish and Italian Cross-Sectional Study.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2025Article
- Surrogate Wars: The "Best Interest Values" Hierarchy & End-of-Life Conflicts with Surrogate Decision-Makers.HEC forum : an interdisciplinary journal on hospitals' ethical and legal issues · 2025Article
- "We are not punching bags": the impact of health-related violence news on nursing students' professional perceptions - a qualitative study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Measuring the Risk of Violence Through Health Surveillance.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Co-designing an International Nursing Course on Workplace Violence in Ethiopia, Sweden, and Tanzania: A Collective Autoethnography.Global qualitative nursing researchArticle
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Abstract
backgroundConflicts with patients and relatives occur frequently in intensive care units (ICUs), driven by factors that are intensified by critical illness and its treatments. A majority of ICU healthcare professionals have experienced verbal and/or physical violence. There is a need to understand how healthcare professionals in ICUs experience and manage this workplace violence.
methodsA qualitative descriptive analysis of four hospitals in Sweden was conducted using semi-structured focus-group interviews with ICU healthcare professionals.
resultsA total of 34 participants (14 nurses, 6 physicians and 14 other staff) were interviewed across the four hospitals. The overarching theme: "The paradox of violence in healthcare" illustrated a normalisation of violence in ICU care and indicated a complex association between healthcare professionals regarding violence as an integral aspect of caregiving, while simultaneously identifying themselves as victims of this violence. The healthcare professionals described being poorly prepared and lacking appropriate tools to manage violent situations. The management of violence was therefore mostly based on self-taught skills.
conclusionsThis study contributes to understanding the normalisation of violence in ICU care and gives a possible explanation for its origins. The paradox involves a multifaceted approach that acknowledges and confronts the structural and cultural dimensions of violence in healthcare. Such an approach will lay the foundations for a more sustainable healthcare system.
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