We aim to quantitatively synthesise available epidemiological evidence on the prevalence
rates of workplace violence (WPV) by patients and visitors against healthcare workers. We …

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Objectives This paper provides a quantitative review that estimates exposure rates by type of
violence, setting, source, and world region. Design A quantitative review of the nursing …

Violence Against Nurses and its Page 1 59 NURSING ECONOMIC$/March-April 2011/Vol.
29/No. 2 WORKPLACE VIOLENCE IS A major public health con - cern that has receiv ed …

Objective: The objective of this study was to investigate emergency nurses' experiences and
perceptions of violence from patients and visitors in US emergency departments (EDs) …

Workplace violence (WPV) is a widely recognized problem in emergency departments
(EDs). The majority of WPV studies do not include nonclinical staff and do not address …

This article describes the risk factors and protective strategies associated with workplace
violence perpetrated by patients and visitors against healthcare workers. Perpetrator risk …

Aims and objectives. To synthesise the body of literature on workplace violence in the
emergency department and to identify characteristics of intervention studies that are the …

Background Pre-hospital emergency care is a particularly vulnerable setting for workplace
violence. However, there is no literature available to date on the psychological …

Background Nurses working in acute care psychiatry settings experience high rates of
patient violence which influences outcomes for nurses and the organization. This qualitative …