Relation between Workplace Violence among Staff Nurses And Their Self-Esteem

Document Type : Original Article

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1 BSc. Nursing, 2013

2 Professor of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing - Ain Shams University.

3 Assistant Professor of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing - Ain Shams University.

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 Background: work place violence is considered as one of the important factors leading to termination of employment and job dissatisfaction in medical personnel and has a large effect on the quality of services, patients’ satisfaction, and efficacy and efficiency of personnel performance. Aim: the present study was aimed at assessing relation between work place violence among staff nurses and their self-esteem. Design: Descriptive, co-relational design was used. Setting: the study was conducted at Al-Nabawy Al-Mohandis General Hospital affiliated to ministry of health which is located in El fayoum governorate. Subject: The study consisted of a convenient sample of (100) staff nurses. Tools of data collection: two tools were used namely Workplace violence questionnaire and self-esteem inventory sheet. Results: the most experienced violence type among studied staff nurses was upon the bulling (46%), followed by verbal violence (35%) and sexual violence (32%). On the other hand, racial harassment were the least type experienced among studied staff nurses (19%). mean percent 79% from studied staff nurses had a highest perception regarding total self –esteem. Conclusion: there were positive statistically significant correlations among all dimensions of workplace violence. Moreover, there were no relation between workplace violence and self–esteem among studied staff nurses. Recommendations: Conduct training programs for nursing personnel regarding violence and coping strategies to deal with workplace violence 

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