Violence Breeds Violence: Burnout as a Mediator between Patient Violence and Nurse Violence.

Violence Breeds Violence: Burnout as a Mediator between Patient Violence and Nurse Violence. Int J Occup Saf Ergon. 2018 Jan 22;:1-31 Authors: Laeeque SH, Bilal A, Hafeez A, Khan Z Abstract The present study examines whether patient-perpetrated violence triggers anger, hatred and other negative emotions that, under certain circumstances, might motivate nurses to behave violently with patients. In doing so, this study considers burnout as a mediator in the patient violence-nurse violence relationship. To test the causal paths, data was collected from 182 nurses working in two government-sector teaching hospitals of Pakistan's Punjab province. Results confirm that patient violence toward nurses leads to nurse violence toward patients through the mediating effect of burnout. The study advises hospitals to provide wellness and stress management programs to nurses who regularly experience events involving patient violence. Hospitals may consider allowing nurses to take short breaks after encounter with violently behaving patients. In addition, hospitals should conduct empathy-promoting training, emotional intelligence training, and 'lens of the patient' training programs to sensitize their nursing staff. PMID: 29353524 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics - Category: Occupational Health Tags: Int J Occup Saf Ergon Source Type: research