Exposure of Mental Health Nurses to Violence in Mental Hospital : a Systematic Review
Abstract: Shortage of nurses
and declining interest in becoming a mental health nurse are often attributed
to workplace distress and violence. These have become global issues and
believed that shortage of nurses decreases the quality of health care services.
It leads distress among nurses, which is exposure to violence and traumatic
experiences. In addition, nurses are also accused of seizing the rights of
patients and committing violence against a patient. This paper focuses on the
violence that occurred in mental health nurses during working in unpredictable situation.
A literature search of systematic review through the CINAHL, Medline, Google
scholars and PsycInfo databases, the empirical report using a nursing sample
includes data on rates of violence exposure including violence, aggressive
behavior, bullying, and sexual harassment. The result, a total of 400 articles
provide dataon 2742 publications indicates near all of nurses in mental health
experienced verbal abuse in the past month, furthermore, most of respondents’
ever experienced psychological abuse, and less of respondents experienced physical
violence and sexual harassment. Rates of exposure vary by world region
(Developed countries, Asia, Europe and Middle East), with the highest rates for
physical violence and sexual harassment in the USA, Australia, United Kingdom,
New Zealand region, and the highest rates of psychological violence and
bullying in the Middle East. The presence of violence signals an
"alarm" that violence against nurses calls for special attention in
many countries. Essentially, the world must give a "priority" to handling
violence against nurses.
Keywords: Violence, mental
health nurses, shortage
Penulis: Iyus Yosep, Zabidah
Putit, Helmy Hazmi, Henny Suzana Mediani
Kode Jurnal: jpkeperawatandd160342
