Violence against physicians and nurses: a systematic literature review

Chakraborty, Sayantan; Mashreky, Saidur Rahman; Dalal, Koustuv

doi:10.1007/s10389-021-01689-6

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“…Participants stated that safety in a public healthcare facility is a challenge. Violence against healthcare workers, including learner nurses, is not new and has been a pandemic [ 48 , 49 ]. Although there is an interconnection of literature describing violence in the workplace, not many studies documented the safety and violent incidents against learner nurses during CL.…”

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A Qualitative Study on Voices of South African Learner Nurses on Occupational Health and Safety during Clinical Learning: Pre-COVID-19 Pandemic

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The demanding and complex training of learner nurses in clinical practices requires various occupational health and safety measures to curb occupational health hazards among learner nurses. This paper aimed to explore learner nurses’ experiences concerning occupational health and safety during clinical learning. A qualitative descriptive, contextual and exploratory design study was conducted. A total of 31 learner nurses were selected using purposive sampling. Data were collected by semi-structured interviews and analysed using Tesch’s open coding method. Two themes emerged from this study: “The experiences of learner nurses concerning their health and safety during clinical learning” and “The measures to be taken to promote occupational health and safety during clinical learning.” Highlighting challenges and measures to mitigate occupational health hazards among learner nurses in the South African context, Limpopo province, would be beneficial. The findings can assist stakeholders in developing specific precautionary guidelines for learner nurses. Effective and innovative occupational health and safety training programmes for learner nurses can be developed despite constrained environmental resources.

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A Qualitative Study on Voices of South African Learner Nurses on Occupational Health and Safety during Clinical Learning: Pre-COVID-19 Pandemic

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“…Turgut et al (2021) reported that the most common reason for violent behavior in Turkey was the patients' or their relatives' dissatisfaction with health services (38%). Recently, Chakraborty et al (2022) reviewed 22 studies that showed significant violent incidents. Verbal abuses were the highest among all settings.…”

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Causes of workplace violence against medical staff as perceived by physicians and nurses in Jordanian public hospitals

Shiyab

Ababneh

Shyyab

2022

IJWHM

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PurposeWorkplace violence against medical staff has become an endemic problem in the healthcare sector in Jordan. This study investigates the perceived main causes of workplace violence (medical staff, administrative, patients, patient's escorts and legislative) against physicians and nurses in public hospitals.Design/methodology/approachA self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data from a convenient random sample of 334 physicians and nurses employed in Jordanian public hospitals. Descriptive statistics and analysis of variance were used to answer questions and test hypotheses.FindingsFindings indicated that the practice of the causes of workplace violence behaviors assessed by the participants is at a moderate level in Jordanian public hospitals with a mean value of 3.26. The causes of violence were reported as most causative to least causative: patient escort (M = 3.60), legislative (M = 3.56), patients (M = 3.40), administrative (M = 3.16) and medical staff related (M = 2.74), respectively. Analysis showed statistical differences in the participants' attitudes toward the causes of workplace violence behaviors due to their gender, job title, education level, experience and income.Practical implicationsThis study has a significant practical contribution in providing information about the causes of workplace violence that will help health policymakers and hospital administrators to deter violence against medical staff. To reduce or eliminate the potential causes of violence, several actions can be taken, such as criminalizing violent behaviors, managing work pressure, staff shortages, developing comfortable and secure medical treatment settings, training the medical staff on aggression and stress management, and enhancing their communication skills with patients and their escorts. Findings also highlight the need for hospital management to develop protocols for reporting and dealing with workplace violence.Originality/valueThis is one of the first studies in the Arab context that examines the causes of workplace violence against medical staff.

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“…12 Lack of communication plays an important role in problems related to the current trend of doctor-patient relationship with increasing litigations and violence against doctors. 13 As there is no standardized teaching and assessment of communication skills for postgraduate medical students in Indian medical schools, this study aimed to assess the effectiveness of a training program on the communication skills of postgraduate students and to assess the perceptions of postgraduate students towards training program.…”

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Impact Of Communication Skills Training in Postgraduate Medical Education

Shyamala¹,

Kulkarni

Shenoy

et al. 2022

Natl J Community Med

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Background: Effective communication is a key feature of optimal doctor-patient relationship. As the postgraduate curriculum lacks standardized teaching and assessment, this study aimed to assess effectiveness of training program on communication skills of postgraduate medical students. Materials and methods: A prospective interventional study was conducted among first year postgraduate medical students from different clinical specialty. Training program included introduction to principles of communication with basics of doctor-patient relationship, administering informed consent, breaking bad news and counselling patients with HIV/cancer. Pre-test and post-test skill assessment by Faculty and postgraduate (PG) self-rating was carried out using KEECC-A Assessment tool for seven core communication competencies. Perception of students on training program was collected via feedback questionnaire. Results: Forty-three postgraduate medical students participated. Statistically significant increase in communication skills scores post training was observed with mean post-test assessment scores of 24.26±2.94, p<0.001(faculty rating), 25.19±3.76, p<0.001(PG self-rating) and high degree of internal consistency was found. Students perceived the training program as valuable and highlighted its importance as a part of curriculum. Conclusion: Training program significantly enhanced communication skills of postgraduate medical students. Integration of standardized teaching and assessment of communication skills is essential for better healthcare practice and optimal doctor-patient relationship.

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Violence against physicians and nurses: a systematic literature review

Cited by 51 publications

References 42 publications

A Qualitative Study on Voices of South African Learner Nurses on Occupational Health and Safety during Clinical Learning: Pre-COVID-19 Pandemic

A Qualitative Study on Voices of South African Learner Nurses on Occupational Health and Safety during Clinical Learning: Pre-COVID-19 Pandemic

Causes of workplace violence against medical staff as perceived by physicians and nurses in Jordanian public hospitals

Impact Of Communication Skills Training in Postgraduate Medical Education

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