Violence against in working hours in Turkey

Abstract

Objective: To investigate the frequency of the violence exposure, reasons, types of violence and the nurses’ attitude towards it. Method: This study was carried out with 460 nurses working in the hospitals in Zonguldak, Turkey. Data were collected with a questionnaire form and were evaluated by mean, percentage and chi-square tests. Results: The nurses experience violence and the most frequent type of violence is verbal abuse with a 79.1%. Female, married, nurses in 28-37 age-group, graduate of associate degree and nurses working in services had more violence experience. Nurses working in state hospitals encounter violence more frequently than nurses working research hospitals. Nurses often encounter violence in day-shift and weekday. Nurses mostly abused by relative of the patients, patients and physicians. Conclusion: This study shows that gender, marital status, educational status, age, institute and working degree have influence on exposure to violence of nurses.