Types of Threats against Nursing Care Workers in Psychiatric Facilities
Keywords:
safety, quality, violence, psychiatric patient, nursing careAbstract
The purpose of this research was to define the type and frequency of violence towards the psychiatric nursing care workers across as wide sample as possible. For this research we decided to include workers that are most exposed to violence, i. e. the nursing staff, who work in secure and/or intensive care psychiatric units. The research was conducted in 5 psychiatric hospitals. For the purpose of this study, a non-experimental sampling method was employed using a structured questionnaire as the
data collection instrument (n = 203). The prevalence of violence towards the psychiatric nursing care workers is high, particularly for those at intensive psychiatric care units and secure psychiatric units. Psychiatric nursing care workers must ensure safe and high-quality care even during aggressive behaviour of their patients; however, this is sometimes difficult, because they lack the functional knowledge. Representative results can serve as a basis for the development of a comprehensive aggression prevention and employee education programme.
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