Ever experience violence at work???

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I am conducting an online survey for my Masters thesis. My thesis topic and research is about violence against healthcare personnel specifically nurses and physicians with the goal of understanding the causes of the violence perpetuated and ways to improve prevention methods.

I am inviting you to participate in this online anonymous survey so that the culture of violence in hospital can be assessed and stopped. This survey invites you to answer questions your experience with violence perpetuated by patients.

The project is being conducted by researchers at Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Tongji Medical College. No identifying information is requested on the survey and it will take an estimated 10 minutes to complete.

If you are interested in completing the online survey, you can do so at

www.surveymonkey.com/r/hustviolence

Thanks so much! :)

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Specializes in Emergency, Trauma, Critical Care.

I took it. Good luck to you!

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It's only for US residents

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Yes, US and its territories. Terribly sorry about the mix up.

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Specializes in NICU.

Done. Some questions had to be answered as if I worked with adult patients. Fortunately, a newborn has never physically attacked a co-worker.

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Specializes in ER/SICU/House Float.

Took the survey, my favorite had a doctor throw pt chart at me cause the lab result were not on it I was pulled that unit and had never worked with him. He had the reputation and no one did a dang thing about him I'm sure now days no one would put up with it but the 90s' we were still fighting for respect and against sexual harassment ( your survey regards violence) but just harassment/abuse on nurses comes in many different forms I could tell you some stories.

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Done.

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Specializes in CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching.

I filled out the survey -- now can we share stories?

I had just started my shift when the nursing supervisor, my manager and the risk manager showed up on my unit asking for a SICU bed for a staff member who was being rushed to surgery. One of the psychiatrists on staff was in her office early, working on notes and a patient (who should not have been able to enter that part of the hospital without a key card) shot her and then himself. Sadly, the staff member did not make it out of the OR. Equally sadly, the patient did, although he had managed to shoot off most of his face.

And then there was my friend, Bert, who was employed as a nursing supervisor by the VA. He was called to a Med/Surg floor by their charge nurse because a veteran who was unhappy with his benefits was threatening to "fix" one of the physicians with a .45. Bert was trying to "reason" with the guy (who was holding the .45 at his side, pointed toward the floor). When the guy started raising the gun, Bert started running for cover. He dove behind a wooden desk just in time to get a gluteus Maximus full of splinters -- big splinters, the kind that have to be surgically removed.

And then there was the former colleague who got between a husband and the wife he had beaten so badly she was in ICU. The knife wounds weren't fatal to my colleague, but they did put the nail in the coffin of his career, and the wife who survived that attack did not survive a subsequent one.

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Specializes in Emergency/Cath Lab.

My crooked nose took the survey for you. I'll never forget that guy.

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Specializes in Med Surg, ICU, Infection, Home Health, and LTC.

Done, would love to see the final thesis. Good luck and make an A.

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Done. I almost got punched in the face by a detoxing patient a few months ago. Thankfully I dodged that :eek:

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I hope I get an A too. I am not sure if it will be archived electronically or not but if it is I will be sure to post the link.

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