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Journal Article

Citation

Havaei F, Macphee M. Can. J. Nurs. Res. 2020; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Affiliation

School of Nursing, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, McGill University School of Nursing, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0844562120903914

PMID

32046504

Abstract

Background

Workplace violence is a prevalent phenomenon in the health-care sector globally, but few studies have examined its impact on nurses’ use of prescribed and/or over-the-counter medications to manage signs and symptoms.

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to examine the direct and indirect effect of workplace violence, through the pathway of psychological stress responses, on nurses’ frequencies of medication intake. An occupational stress and health outcomes model was tested in this study.

Methods

A secondary analysis of cross-sectional survey data from 551 medical-surgical nurses in British Columbia was conducted. Both emotional and physical workplace violence were examined. Emotional exhaustion and posttraumatic stress disorder were psychological stress responses to workplace violence.

Results

Emotional and physical violence from patients and/or families were the most prevalent sources of workplace violence. Physical violence and psychological stress responses increased the frequency of medication intake after controlling for nurse characteristics. Emotional violence was not related to medication intake over and above the effect of psychological stress responses. Physical and emotional violence elicited psychological stress responses resulting in increased medication use.

Conclusion

Workplace violence triggers psychological stress responses with adverse outcomes on nurses’ health and well-being.
Keywords Workplace violence, emotional exhaustion, posttraumatic stress disorder, medication use


Language: en

Keywords

Workplace violence; emotional exhaustion; medication use; posttraumatic stress disorder

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