Research the prevention of workplace violence in health care settings

Provision of adequate security in and out of workplace may be achieved by working together with the police or security firms , which can install devices like security cameras for round-the-clock surveillance of health care premises . This helps apprehend perpetrators of violence . Proper security could encourage staff and patients to report any incidents of assault . Cases of revenge on incident reporters , robbery and physical attacks will be avoided this way (Worthington Franklin , 1990 ,

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Chapter Three

Methodology

The study involved visiting both public and private hospitals . Method of stratified random

sampling was employed . Acquisition of data was performed using questionnaires that included both open-ended and close-ended questions . Data was also collected by direct observation and face-to-face interviews in cases where workers , patients and clients were unwilling to express their opinion in written form

Chapter Four

Results and Analysis

Data obtained was presented in tabular form . Analysis of variance was used to compare the variance of data of response to each question in the questionnaire

Chapter Five

Discussion

The study found out that violence of bosses toward junior workers was most prevalent , with majority of victims being women . Most of the violence incidents brought about by patients or clients involved verbal attacks

Occurrences of assaults at working areas were high in public than in private hospitals

Chapter Six

Conclusion

Workplace violence can be attributed to factors that pose increased risk of work related abuse . These factors include areas of high risk , where workers deal with people who abuse drugs or have records of violence emergency and psychiatric sections

Terminally ill , physically challenged and elderly patients are the most vulnerable to work related violence since they are unable to defend themselves in cases of physical attacks

References

Carmel , H . and Hunter , M (1990 . Staff Injuries from Impatient Violence , Hospital and

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