ARTICLE CRITIQUE

Article Critique

Article Critique

First Article: Violence against Nurses Working in US Emergency Departments

Problem

Brutality at the place of work is a severe work-related hazard for the conjugal and worldwide employees, accounting for more or less 900 bereavements and 1.7 million nonfatal physical attacks per year in the U.S. In the year 2007, 15% of all occupational sufferers in the U.S caused by bodily attacks and brutal actions. Brutality at the place of work might be even more ordinary as compared to these figures point out since a shortage of a standardized description of violence at the place of work, non-reporting of incidents, and deficiency of ordered system for the avoidance of violence at the place of work makes it tricky to evaluate the occurrence of such violent behavior (Jacobsen, 2007). The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has defined place of work brutality as an action of assault pointed towards individuals at occupation that may include unpleasant or aggressive words to murders. Brutality at the place of work is conventionally described as some substantial attack, emotional or verbal mistreatment, or intimidating, harassing, or coercive deeds in the work setting that results in bodily or emotional damage (Fernandes et al, 1999). In current years, brutality at the place of work acknowledged as a vicious offense that involves targeted reactions from managers, police force, and the society. Emergency department is a predominantly susceptible site for brutality at the place of work, and due to shortage of uniform methods for measuring and reporting the aggression in healthcare locations, statistics and information are insufficient.

Purpose

The prime purpose of the research was to examine the experience and views of emergency nurses' regarding violent behavior of patients and guests in U.S. crisis or emergency units/departments.

Design, Methodology, Population and Sample

This cross-sectional research performed by E.N.A which is a nonprofit organization of about 31,905 U.S. affiliates at the time the research carried out. A survey regarding aggression at the place of work conducted by the team of ENA, appraised by specialists for the validity of content, and prior to the main survey a pilot study conducted by employing a sample of fifteen nurses of emergency units (Emergency Nurses Association, 2008). The 69-item online study asked the own incidents faced by the participants with bodily aggression and oral mistreatment in the emergency departments, the rules and guidelines of the participants' hospital and emergency department for dealing with the violence at the place of work, and the participant's viewpoints regarding the impulsive issues of aggression and hurdles to report incidents of violence in emergency departments.

The sampling technique used, for the study was convenience sampling approach. Each single ENA member who was RN serving in United States emergency departments at the time of the study and who had Internet access qualified to contribute to the research. The online study developed by employing Survey Select Expert (version 5.6). The 1-time review was available online throughout the spring-2007 for one month. Contribution requested by means of ...