Citation

Gabrovec B. Workplace Health Saf. 2017; 65(11): 527-532.

Affiliation

National Institute of Public Health Slovenia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, American Association of Occupational Health Nurses, Publisher SAGE Publications)

DOI

10.1177/2165079917691767

PMID

28414575

Abstract

Violence toward nursing staff occurs frequently, particularly in intensive care units and closed or intensive psychiatric facilities, which have been studied previously. However, violence toward community nurses has not been investigated. The purpose of this study was to explore the frequency of violence toward community nurses in Slovenia. More than 56% of study respondents were verbally abused by their patients during the past year. More than 42% of all cases of horizontal violence were directed at community nurses.

Language: en

Keywords

aggression; community nursing; violence