Aim: The aim of this observational cross-sectional study was to determine the differences in attitudes of nurses toward patient aggression according to the type of workplace. Predictors of attitudes of nurses was also surveyed. Methods: A survey was undertaken among 61 nurses from internal and surgical wards and 56 nurses from psychiatric wards. In this survey, three questionnaires were used to measure attitude toward aggression; experience in the prevalence of aggression and factors contributing to aggression of patients. For determining the associations between variables and predictors of attitudes, the multiple regression analyses were used. Results: Nurses from psychiatric wards reported being more frequently confronted with all types of patient aggression. They also reported more significant influence of patient variables contributed to the incidence of violence within the psychiatric sector. Nurses from all types of wards perceived patient aggression as being destructive or offensive and not serving a protective or communicative function aggression. Perceptions of frequency of patient aggression were not confirmed as the significant predictors of nurses' attitudes in psychiatric sector. Physical violence (behaviour that will harm or cause injury) and sexual assault or rape were identified as the significant predictors of nurses' attitudes worked in internal and surgical departments. Conclusion: The study confirmed differences in predictors of attitudes of nurses toward patient aggression according to the type of workplace.

Prešovská univerzita v Prešove Fakulta zdravotníckych odborov Katedra ošetrovateľstva

Prešovská univerzita v Prešove Filozofická fakulta Inštitút psychológie

Predictors of attitudes of nurses towards patient aggression

Prediktory postojov sestier k agresii pacientov [elektronický zdroj] /

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