Factor Related to Violence among Nursing Professionals at Emergency Rooms of Community Hospitals in Metropolitan Area
Keywords:
Violence, Nursing professional, Emergency room, Community hospitalsAbstract
The present cross-sectional survey research aimed at investigating factors related to violence among nursing professionals at emergency rooms of community hospitals in the metropolitan area. The concept of ecology was employed as the conceptual framework. This study included 208 nursing professionals working at emergency rooms, randomly selected of community hospitals in the metropolitan area by obtained using a Google form. The statistical analysis used were descriptive statistics, Pearsons’ Product Moment Correlation, and Multiple Regression Analysis. The results showed that there were relationships between violence and the selected variables of stress (r= 0.619), interpersonal interaction (r= 0.487), work condition (r= 0.527), physical environment (r= 0.669), type of service users (r= 0.615), and sufficiency of healthcare personnel (r= 0.524). Furthermore, physical environment, type of service users, work condition, and educational were the factors that can predict of violence among professional nurses working at emergency rooms by 59.3%. (Adj R²= 0.593). Also, physical environment, had the greatest to violence among nursing professionals at emergency rooms (beta=0.374). This study could be used for developing a stress management, categorization of at risk service receivers, and communication training.
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