Cent Eur J Nurs Midw 2020, 11(2):52-61 | DOI: 10.15452/cejnm.2020.11.0009

Violence against nurses in healthcare facilities in the Czech Republic and Slovakia

Martina Tomagová1, Renáta Zeleníková2, Radka Kozáková2, Katarína Žiaková1, Beata Babiarczyk3, Agnieszka Turbiarz3
1 Department of Nursing, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia
2 Department of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
3 Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Bielsko-Biala, Poland

Aim: To identify the incidence of workplace violence against nurses in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, its sources, ways of dealing with violence against nurses, the intensity of nurse’s psychological problems as a result of their experience of workplace violence.

Design: A cross-sectional study.

Methods: Workplace Violence in the Health Sector Country Case Study – Questionnaire was used. The sample consisted of 526 nurses from selected healthcare settings in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Data was collected from June to November 2016.

Results: Verbal as well physical violence against nurses is a frequent phenomenon in nurses’ workplace in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. We identified statistically significant difference in verbal aggression from patients and higher intensity of nurse’s psychological problems as a result of patients’ aggression. In both countries, we have found an incomplete problem solution by the management of healthcare facilities.

Conclusion: Verbal as well physical violence against nurses is a frequent phenomenon in the workplace of Czech and Slovak nurses. The management of healthcare facilities must establish appropriate procedures to reduce the occurrence of this phenomenon.

Keywords: experience, healthcare facility, nurses, psychological problems, workplace violence

Received: February 6, 2020; Revised: March 20, 2020; Accepted: March 20, 2020; Published: June 5, 2020  Show citation

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Tomagová M, Zeleníková R, Kozáková R, Žiaková K, Babiarczyk B, Turbiarz A. Violence against nurses in healthcare facilities in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Central European Journal of Nursing and Midwifery. 2020;11(2):52-61. doi: 10.15452/cejnm.2020.11.0009.
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