Inter-rater reliability of the occupational violence risk assessment tool for emergency departments

The three-item occupational violence (OV) risk assessment tool was developed and validated for use in emergency departments (EDs). It prompts review of each patient ’s aggression history, behaviours, and clinical presentation. However, confidence around representativeness and generalisability are needed before widescale adoption; hence we measured the inter-rater reliability of the tool among a large group of emergency nurses.
Source: Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal - Category: Nursing Authors: Source Type: research