Violence against nurses in healthcare facilities in the Czech Republic and Slovakia

Martina Tomagová, Renáta Zeleníková, Radka Kozáková, Katarína Žiaková, Beata Babiarczyk, Agnieszka Turbiarz

Violence against nurses in healthcare facilities in the Czech Republic and Slovakia

Číslo: 2/2020
Periodikum: Central European Journal of Nursing and Midwifery
DOI: 10.15452/cejnm.2020.11.0009

Klíčová slova: experience, healthcare facility, nurses, psychological problems, workplace violence

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Anotace: Aim: To identify the incidence of workplace violence against nurses in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, its sources, ways of dealing with violence against nurses, the intensity of nurse’s psychological problems as a result of their experience of workplace violence.

Design: A cross-sectional study.

Methods: Workplace Violence in the Health Sector Country Case Study – Questionnaire was used. The sample consisted of 526 nurses from selected healthcare settings in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Data was collected from June to November 2016.

Results: Verbal as well physical violence against nurses is a frequent phenomenon in nurses’ workplace in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. We identified statistically significant difference in verbal aggression from patients and higher intensity of nurse’s psychological problems as a result of patients’ aggression. In both countries, we have found an incomplete problem solution by the management of healthcare facilities.

Conclusion: Verbal as well physical violence against nurses is a frequent phenomenon in the workplace of Czech and Slovak nurses. The management of healthcare facilities must establish appropriate procedures to reduce the occurrence of this phenomenon.