Violence toward Nurses Working in Family Health Care Centers in Alexandria and El Behera Governorates
Abdou, R., Amin, D. (2016). Violence toward Nurses Working in Family Health Care Centers in Alexandria and El Behera Governorates. EKB Journal Management System, 18(1), 61-78. doi: 10.21608/asalexu.2016.208637
Rasha Abd El Hakim Abdou; Doaa Abd El Salam Amin. "Violence toward Nurses Working in Family Health Care Centers in Alexandria and El Behera Governorates". EKB Journal Management System, 18, 1, 2016, 61-78. doi: 10.21608/asalexu.2016.208637
Abdou, R., Amin, D. (2016). 'Violence toward Nurses Working in Family Health Care Centers in Alexandria and El Behera Governorates', EKB Journal Management System, 18(1), pp. 61-78. doi: 10.21608/asalexu.2016.208637
Abdou, R., Amin, D. Violence toward Nurses Working in Family Health Care Centers in Alexandria and El Behera Governorates. EKB Journal Management System, 2016; 18(1): 61-78. doi: 10.21608/asalexu.2016.208637

Violence toward Nurses Working in Family Health Care Centers in Alexandria and El Behera Governorates

Alexandria Scientific Nursing Journal
Volume 18, Issue 1, July 2016, Page 61-78  XML PDF (227.79 K)
Document Type: Research articles
DOI: 10.21608/asalexu.2016.208637
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Authors
Rasha Abd El Hakim Abdou* 1; Doaa Abd El Salam Amin* 2
1Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria University
2Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Damanhour University
Abstract
Work place violence against health care workers is a common and widespread
phenomenon. There is an increased evidence that nursing staff is at such a high risk of
exposure to violent behaviors in their work place. Objective: To assess, compare work place
violence toward nurses working in family health care centers in Alexandria and El Behera
Governorate and identify its related risk factors. Settings: The study was carried out four
health centers in Alexandria and eight health centers in El Behera governorate giving a total
number of 12 family health care centers. Subjects: 80 nurses from Alexandria governorate
and 120 from El Behera governorate giving a total number of 200 nurses. Tool: One tool was
used for data collection namely work place violence questionnaire which includes nurses'
demographic data, characteristics of workplace violence events, and risk factors contributing
to workplace violence. Results: Findings of the present study revealed that 78.8% of nurses in
Alexandria compared to 73.3% of nurses in El Behera reported exposure to violence in the
last year. Conclusion: The study concluded that a significant proportion of nurses faced
violence while providing care in urban and rural primary health facilities. Being a staff
nurse, of younger age, and short work experience were significantly associated with
workplace violence. Recommendations: Workplace violence prevention strategies are needed
to make health care settings a safe environment.
Keywords
Workplace violence; Health care workers; Nurses
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