Workplace violence against nurses working in psychiatric hospitals in Jordan

Violence in the workplace is an aggressive epidemic affecting health care workers on a global scale (International Labour Organization et al., 2002). According to the World Health Organization (WHO), country case studies reports state that the percentage of workplace violence (WPV) in the health care sector has reached more than 75% in some countries (Di Martino, 2002). This is an alarming issue which impacts all health care workers, including nurses in health care settings (Whelan, 2008), which will be the primary focus of this study.

Source: Archives of Psychiatric Nursing - August 19, 2019 Category: Nursing Authors: Hasan Al-Omari, Abdullah Abu-Khait, Hanan Al-Modallal, Eman Al-Awabdeh, Shaher Hamaideh Source Type: research