Patient aggression in intensive care: A qualitative study of staff experiences
Workplace violence comprises abuse, assaults, threats, and harassment. Reaching epidemic proportions in healthcare, workplace violence compromises staff and patient safety and service efficiency and effectiveness. Although workplace violence is a nontrivial problem in intensive care, little is known about circumstances in which violence occurs in this setting.
Source: Australian Critical Care - Category: Nursing Authors: Sue Patterson, Dylan Flaws, Jiville Latu, Irene Doo, Oystein Tronstad Tags: Research paper Source Type: research