Document Details

Document Type : Thesis 
Document Title :
NURSES’ PERCEPTION TOWARD WORKPLACE VIOLENCE AT DAMMAM MEDICAL TOWER, SAUDI ARABIA
إدراك الممرضين نحو العنف في مكان العمل ببرج الدمام الطبي، المملكة العربية السعودية
 
Subject : Faculty of Nursing 
Document Language : Arabic 
Abstract : Background Male and female nurse faces violence in their workplace, because of daily exposure to challenging situations as result of dealing with different types of patients, visitors and their families. Aim: The study aimed to assess nurses’ perception toward workplace violence at Dammam Medical Tower, Saudi Arabia. Method: a quantitative descriptive cross-sectional design conducted. Total sample size consisted of 300 nurses using a convenient sampling technique from January to March 2019. Using a modified tool obtained from ‘Survey on Workplace Violence’ by Massachusetts Nurse’s Association (2004). Results: The most common workplace violence for the last two years was verbal abuse and threatening. Also, the least of them was sexual assault. Around one third (34.7%) of nurses reported all incidents to management and less than half (48.6%) of them stated that the management was supportive and tried to find solution. However, only 10% of them underwent related training regard to workplace violence prevention. Also, more than quarter (38.3%) of nurses reported that a “clear policy and procedures addressing violence” are needed to combat violence in the workplace. There is significant difference between nurses who work in outpatients or emergency department and total violence incidents. Conclusion and Recommendation: verbal abuse and threatening are deemed to be the most common violence being occurred in the workplace while patients and relatives are the commonest offender. Administration of workplace should develop a clear policy to address the violence act in the work and enhance the violence concept in the orientation courses. 
Supervisor : Dr. Najla al-Sisi 
Thesis Type : Master Thesis 
Publishing Year : 1441 AH
2020 AD 
Added Date : Saturday, June 20, 2020 

Researchers

Researcher Name (Arabic)Researcher Name (English)Researcher TypeDr GradeEmail
ساره محمد الجنبيAl-Janabi, Sarah MohammedResearcherMaster 

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