Correlation between Workplace Violence, Work Stress, and Job Satisfaction among psychiatric Nursing staff

Background: Workplace violence is a complex phenomenon that must be explored in different
psychiatric nursing environments and settings, as it is leading to increased work stressors and
reduced job satisfaction. Aim: The current study aimed to assess the correlation between workplace
violence, work stress, and job satisfaction among psychiatric nursing staff. Design: A descriptive
correlational design was used in this study. Setting: The current study was conducted in Al
Abbassia mental health hospital. Sample: A cross-sectional sample of 106 out of 140 psychiatric
nurses was obtained in this study. Tools for data collection include 1) Nurse’s Interviewing
Questionnaire to assess the demographic characteristics of nurse’s understudy, 2) Workplace
Violence in Healthcare Questionnaire), 3) The Perceived Stress Scale, and 4) Satisfaction of
Employee in Healthcare Scale. Results: The results of the present study showed that the majority of
psychiatric nurses understudy (87.7%) were exposed to workplace violence, and 70.8% of them had
a moderate level of perceived stress. In addition, more than half of the nurse’s understudy (50.9%)
were professionally satisfied and only more than one-third of them (36.8%), were professionally
unsatisfied. Meanwhile, Moreover, there was a positive statistically significant correlation between
the total score of workplace violence, the total score of perceived stress, and the total score of job
satisfaction among psychiatric nursing staff understudy (P<0.001**). Conclusions: most nurses
working with psychiatric patients are exposed to workplace violence mostly verbal and physical
violence. Also, the majority of psychiatric nursing staff understudy had a moderate level of work
stress and more than one-third of them were professional unsatisfied. This illustrated that workplace
violence leads to increased perceived work stress and minimizes job satisfaction among psychiatric
nursing staff understudy Recommendations: This study recommends developing and implementing
a violence prevention program for psychiatric nursing staff to improve their professional safety and
security, minimize their level of job perceived stress, and enhance their job satisfaction.