Psychometric properties of the Management of Aggression and Violence Attitude Scale in Hong Kong ’s emergency care setting

While a safe and therapeutic environment is imperative to enable healthcare staff to deliver high quality and effective care to patients, patient violence towards nurses and other healthcare workers is a common global phenomenon in most healthcare settings. A recent literature review on nurses ’ exposure to violence in different work settings found that about two-thirds of nurses are exposed to verbal abuse, one-third to physical violence, and one-quarter to sexual harassment (Spector, Zhou,& Che, 2014).

Source: International Emergency Nursing - November 7, 2016 Category: Nursing Authors: Wai Kit Wong, Wai Tong Chien Source Type: research