Nurses Perception toward Predictors of Violence Behavior among Psychiatric Patients in Workplace | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||
| Article 100, Volume 12, Issue 2, June 2021, Pages 1626-1639 PDF (631.71 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2021.215910 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Salwa Ahmed Tohamy1; Afaf Mohamed Fahmy2; Hanaa Ezz Eldin Prince3 | ||
| 1B. Sc., nursing, Faculty of Nursing – Ain Shams University | ||
| 2Assistant Professor of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing – Ain Shams University | ||
| 3Lecturer of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Faculty of Nursing – Ain Shams University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Violence in psychiatric settings is complex work place problem. This study aimed to assess nurses' perception toward predictors of violence behaviour among psychiatric patients in work place. Descriptive design was used to achieve the aim of this study. This study setting: was conducted at psychiatric departments in (EL-Abbassia) mental health hospital of Psychiatry in Cairo. Subject: A convenient sample of 100 nurse's from700 nurses who were working in the previously mentioned setting. Tools: Data were collected using (1) interviewing sheet containing (a) Socio-demographic sheet for personal characteristics and (b) Nurses' awareness of signs of violence in psychiatric patients most susceptible to violence. (2) Questionnaire to assess nurse's awareness to ward predictors of aggressive patients. Results: The present study revealed that one hundred of nurses were male's. More than one third of nurses were more than10 years of experience. The majority of nurses were had training courses about violence and forecast the signs of violence that will start to appear on a patient. While nurses' awareness of signs of violence in psychiatric patients most susceptible to violence were more than two third. A positive relation between nurse's knowledge and experience toward predictors of violence behaviour among psychiatric patient in work place. Conclusion: This study has contributed to the knowledge based on assessment for nurses Perception toward Predictors of Violence behaviour among Psychiatric Patients in Workplace. There is more than one half of nurses’ awareness of signs of violence in psychiatric patients most susceptible to violence. The study recommended replication of the current study on large sample and different hospitals settings to be able to generalize the results. Further study is recommended to identify effectiveness of nursing intervention to increase nurse awareness of work place violence. Educational training program for psychiatric nurses to improve their communication skills to manage work place violence in their health care setting. Psychological supportive nurse's session to help psychiatric nurse's manage their Psychological problems. Development of interventions to psychiatric nurse's to prevent and respond to patient violence, as well as support nurse working with violent patients. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Predictor; Nurses perception; Violence behavior; Psychiatric patient | ||
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