Open AccessAn explorative study of workplace violence against nurses who care for older people
Author(s) -
ElHneiti Mamdouh,
Shaheen Abeer M.,
Bani Salameh Ayman,
Al-dweeri Rami Mohammad,
AlHussami Mahmoud,
Alfaouri Fathi Tawfiq,
Ahmad Muayyad
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
nursing open
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.55
H-Index - 12
ISSN - 2054-1058
DOI - 10.1002/nop2.389
Subject(s) - workplace violence , cluster sampling , job satisfaction , nursing , health care , medicine , cross sectional study , quality (philosophy) , occupational safety and health , human factors and ergonomics , psychology , family medicine , poison control , environmental health , social psychology , population , philosophy , epistemology , pathology , economics , economic growth
Aim To explore the prevalence of workplace violence among nurses who care for older people and its association with working stress, job satisfaction and quality of care in Jordan. Design A cross‐sectional design was used. Methods A cluster random sampling was used to select three public hospitals, three private hospitals and 17 healthcare centres in Amman, Jordan. The researcher used a convenience sampling method to select 485 nurses. Data were collected between 2015–2016. Results Almost 60% of the participants have been victims of violence at the workplace during the past year. Nurses who consider violence a problem at work have high levels of working stress ( p < .01) as well as lower levels of quality of care ( p < .01) and job satisfaction ( p < .001).