02/08/13
The five new articles in the January 31, 2013, OJIN topic, Patient and Visitor Violence: What Do We Know? What Can We Do? , emphasize recent evidence and action related to workplace violence.
In “Workplace Violence Prevention Policies in Home Health and Hospice Care Agencies,” Nathan Gross, MSN, RN; Corinne Peek-Asa, PhD; Maryalice Nocera, MS; and Carri Casteel, PhD, describe a study that examined workplace violence prevention programs in home health agencies. Discussion of the study results includes several gaps regarding training and policy review processes.
The article, “Stressful Incidents of Physical Violence against Emergency Nurses,” by Gordon Lee Gillespie, PhD, RN, FAEN; Donna M. Gates, EdD, RN, FAAN; and Peggy Berry, MSN, RN, presents a study to describe acts of physical aggression against emergency nurses using a mixed method design with a national sample of emergency nurses. Key findings included risks related to employee, workplace and aggressor factors, and descriptions of physical aggression.
“Measurement and Monitoring of Healthcare Worker Aggression Exposure,” by Joanne DeSanto Iennaco PhD, PMHNP-BC, APRN; Jane Dixon, PhD; Robin Whittemore, PhD, APRN; Susan H. Busch, PhD; Len Bowers, RMN, PhD; and Lawrence Scahill, MSN, PhD, provides an overview of aggression exposure in health care and reviews challenges of common measures of aggression. Discussion of a pilot study presents insights gained from using a novel measure of aggression, handheld counters. The conclusion offers implications for research and clinical practice.
The authors of the article, “A Framework for Translating Workplace Violence Intervention Research into Evidence-Based Programs,” Kathleen M. McPhaul, PhD, MPH, RN; Matthew London, MS; and Jane A. Lipscomb, PhD, RN, FAAN, note that addressing violence in health care requires very purposeful organizational processes conducted by very specific organizational structures. Their article will translate workplace violence intervention research into evidence-based recommendations for preventive programs in today’s health care work environment.
In “Workplace Violence in Healthcare: Strategies for Advocacy,” by AnnMarie Papa, DNP, RN, CEN, NE-BC, FAEN and Jeanne Venella, DNP, MS, RN, CEN, CPEN, the authors provide a brief overview of workplace violence by discussing settings where aggression often occurs and direct and indirect financial impacts of violent acts. Advocacy strategies for nurses are offered to address workplace violence on several levels, such as legislative advocacy, workplace policy and education.
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