WORKPLACE VIOLENCE AGAINST NURSES IN PUBLIC HEALTH SECTORS FAISALABAD

Abstract

Workplace violence (WPV) is a routine problem faced by majority of health care providers. Nurses are at great risk of violence because of nature of their work and usual contacts with patients and their relatives. Objective: This research is aimed to find out the prevalence of physical, psychological and sexual violence against nurses in general hospitals of district Faisalabad, Pakistan and to investigate the association between the types of violence and the various socio demographic variables of nurses. Study design: A cross-sectional study design used to collect the data from nurses working in the public sector hospitals of Faisalabad, Pakistan. Period: The study is conducted within three months. Method: Quantitative method Result: Out of 384 sample size, 4.4% nurses reported physical violence; 47.9% verbal or psychological violence and 7.3% physical as well as psychological violence and 12.2% reported the sexual violence. Violence against nurses is highly prevalent in Faisalabad. Conclusion: study reveals that WPV among nurses leads to hostile outcomes like mental illness, impaired job performance, stress, depression, staff turnover and suicidal attempts. Stakeholders, government and management should pro-actively play their role in reducing WPV against nurses with the help of women act rules.