Researching Workplace Violence: Challenges for Emergency Nursing Researchers
Workplace violence (WPV) in health care settings can create long-term sequelae for nurses, including anxiety, poor sleep patterns, work-related stress disorders, depressive disorders, and psychological distress.1 Study findings suggest that WPV also may be associated with higher risk of interpersonal violence, psychoactive substance abuse, burnout, suicidal ideation, and suicide.2 Identifying interventions that can reduce both the prevalence and effects of WPV is a critically important line of research; emergency department –focused researchers examining elements of WPV must account for significant challenges in conducti...
Source: Journal of Emergency Nursing: JEN - May 1, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Lisa A. Wolf, Christian N. Burchill Tags: Understanding Research Source Type: research
Workplace Violence in the Hospital: Strategies for Meaningful Change
Workplace violence is not a unique problem to organizations. Evidence-based toolkits and strategies are available to help provide a guiding framework for the reduction of workplace violence events. As times and stressors (both personal and environmental) change, hospitals must keep constant attention on how to address and implement initiatives to keep staff safe. This manuscript addresses steps taken at 1 hospital to meet this challenge. (Source: Journal of Emergency Nursing: JEN)
Source: Journal of Emergency Nursing: JEN - May 1, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Tamera Dunseth-Rosenbaum, Kyra Krueger, Elizabeth Spradlin, Courtney Hoffbauer, Patricia Loper Tags: Injury Prevention Source Type: research
Staff Duress Alarms for Workplace Violence in the Emergency Department: A Mixed-Methods Evaluation
Complex personal duress alarms may be implemented as part of a multicomponent approach to preventing and mitigating workplace violence in emergency departments. Evaluation of duress alarms after implementation has been identified as a gap in the literature. The purpose of this quality improvement project was to examine the impact of a duress alarm system on workplace violence and user experience in an urban emergency department. (Source: Journal of Emergency Nursing: JEN)
Source: Journal of Emergency Nursing: JEN - May 1, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Meredith A. Carr, Anne Derouin Tags: Practice Improvement Source Type: research
Providing Peer Support after Workplace Violence
Conflicts of interest: none to report. (Source: Journal of Emergency Nursing: JEN)
Source: Journal of Emergency Nursing: JEN - May 1, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Olivia Blanton Tags: Impressions Source Type: research
Why Won ’t It Stop: Workplace Violence in Emergency Care
Workplace violence by patients and visitors against emergency nurses has been ongoing for over 40 years. In 1981, Dubin reported on the conditions most associated with patient violence, including substance use, intoxication, and withdrawal; acute psychosis; paranoia; borderline personality; and organic brain disease. He further warned clinicians to watch for signs of escalation, such as aggressive body posture, speech, and motor activity.1 These patient conditions and “warning signs” have not changed in the last 40 years, although the catalog of conditions and signs has increased. (Source: Journal of Emergency Nursing: JEN)
Source: Journal of Emergency Nursing: JEN - May 1, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Gordon L. Gillespie, Sara Tamsukhin Tags: Editorial Source Type: research
Workplace Violence: Raising Awareness and Bridging the Gap with Law Enforcement
Emergency nurses in the United States are making great strides against workplace violence with the support and encouragement of the Emergency Nurses Association (ENA). Many nurses and professional nursing organizations are working tirelessly to raise awareness about the prevalence of violence against health care workers. ENA recently challenged members to raise awareness about workplace violence within their communities. Answering this challenge, many ENA chapters have chosen various methods to disseminate information and advocate for change to stop workplace violence. (Source: Journal of Emergency Nursing: JEN)
Source: Journal of Emergency Nursing: JEN - May 1, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Amber Adams, Misty Dantin, Cordella Lyon, Keri Reeves Tags: Editorial Source Type: research
ENA Advocacy Efforts and The State of Play Regarding Workplace Violence
I don ’t have to tell anyone reading this column about the increasing incidence of violence seen in our emergency departments. At times, incivility seems to be at an all-time high. I’m not sure if this is pandemic related or not. Not too long ago, we were “health care heroes” (a name I never felt completely comfortable with), and it seems in a short amount of time, emergency nurses were gradually back to being threatened and assaulted. (Source: Journal of Emergency Nursing: JEN)
Source: Journal of Emergency Nursing: JEN - May 1, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Terry M. Foster Tags: President's Message Source Type: research
Violence Risk Assessment in the Emergency Department
Workplace violence is a prevalent problem in health care, with mental health and emergency departments being the most at-risk settings. The aim of this evidence-based practice project was to pilot use of a violence risk assessment tool, the Broset Violence Checklist, to assess for risk of type II violence and record the interventions that nurses chose to implement to mitigate the situation. Additionally, reports made to the hospital reporting system were tracked and compared to previous reporting frequency. (Source: Journal of Emergency Nursing: JEN)
Source: Journal of Emergency Nursing: JEN - May 1, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Janis M. Quinn, Joy M. Koopman Tags: Practice Improvement Source Type: research
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Emergency Department use by Young Adults with Chronic Illness Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic
This study aimed to compare the frequency of emergency department encounters for certain young adults pre pandemic and during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Source: Journal of Emergency Nursing: JEN)
Source: Journal of Emergency Nursing: JEN - April 27, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Carol Anne Celona, Kasey Jackman, Arlene Smaldone Tags: Research Source Type: research
Rethinking Traditional Emergency Department Care Models in a Post-Coronavirus Disease-2019 World
As the nursing shortage in United States emergency departments has drastically worsened since the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, emergency departments have experienced increased rates of inpatient onboarding, higher rates of patients leaving without being seen, and declining patient satisfaction scores. This paper reviews the impacts of the coronavirus disease-2019 pandemic on the current nursing shortage and considers how various medical personnel (emergency nurse-extenders) can ameliorate operational challenges by redesigning emergency department systems. (Source: Journal of Emergency Nursing: JEN)
Source: Journal of Emergency Nursing: JEN - April 20, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Ali Pourmand, Amy Caggiula, Jeremy Barnett, Mateen Ghassemi, Robert Shesser Tags: Literature Review Source Type: research
Evidence-Based Approaches to Mitigate Workplace Violence From Patients and Visitors in Emergency Departments: A Rapid Review
This is a rapid review of the published evidence on the effectiveness of interventions for mitigating workplace violence against staff in hospital emergency departments. Focused on the specific needs of an urban emergency department in Canada, this project sought to address the question, “What interventions have evidence regarding effectiveness for addressing workplace patient/visitor violence toward staff in the emergency department?” (Source: Journal of Emergency Nursing: JEN)
Source: Journal of Emergency Nursing: JEN - April 17, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Chantelle Recsky, Melissa Moynihan, Giovanna Maranghi, Orla M. Smith, Elliot PausJenssen, Priscille-Nice Sanon, Sharon M. Provost, Clayon B. Hamilton Tags: Research Source Type: research
