Work Place Violence and Quality of work Life among Nurses at Urban and Rural Health care setting

Introduction, Workplace violence in the healthcare sector is a worldwide concern, with
healthcare workers being at a high risk. On average, nurses are three times more at risk than other
occupational groups to experience violence in the workplace. So, the aim of this study was
concerned with 1-assessing of workplace violence among nurses at urban and rural health care
setting 2- assessing of nurse's quality of life at urban and rural health care setting, 3-comparing
workplace violence and quality of life between urban and rural health care setting. Subject and
methods A descriptive comparative research design was used, study setting included Fayoum
university hospital and Fayoum general hospital which representing rural, and Ain shams
university hospital, ALazhr specialized hospital which representing urban setting, a total of
(n122) sample size included supervisors, head nurses, and staff nurses. Data collection tools
which used were Quality of Nursing Work Life and Work place violence self-administered
questionnaire. Results, by comparison the result revealed that, there is a high significant
difference related to work place, physical attacked, and verbally abused, also there is a high
significant difference related to Safety measure and Work life/home life dimension. There is
strong relation was found between nursing qualification and quality of work life total dimensions.
Conclusion: the study answer research questions that, workplace violence affects nurses’ quality
of work life at both urban and rural health care setting. Also, a high significant difference related
to gender, Work place, physical attacked, and verbally abused. There is strong relation between
Safety measure and Work life/home life dimension. Recommendation: It is recommended that,
prevention program held from strong commitment Administration, clear written program policy
for job safety and securing which communicated to all personnel. And the need for a monitoring
system is used to assess the effectiveness of prevention actions.