Verbal abuse and physical assault in the emergency department: Rates of violence, perceptions of safety, and attitudes towards security

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
5562833	Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal	2017	7 Pages	PDF

Abstract

Workers in the ED, particularly nurses, experience high rates of verbal abuse and physical aggression and there may be a case for having designated security guards in the ED.

Keywords

Occupational violence Security emergency department Verbal abuse Attitudes Nursing

Related Topics

Health Sciences Medicine and Dentistry Emergency Medicine

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Verbal abuse and physical assault in the emergency department: Rates of violence, perceptions of safety, and attitudes towards security

Authors

Bradley Partridge, Julia Affleck,