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Volume 6, Issue 4 (Suppl)
J Nurs Care, an open access journal
ISSN: 2167-1168
World Nursing 2017
July 10-12, 2017
23
rd
World Nursing and Healthcare Conference
July 10-12, 2017 Berlin, Germany
Exploring emergency department nurses’ attitudes toward patient violence and its management in Hong
Kong
Wai Kit Wong
and
Wai Tong Chien
Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
T
he purpose of this study was to investigate the Emergency department nurses’ perceived causes and attitudes towards management
strategies in patient violence. A cross-sectional, descriptive correlational survey design with convenience sampling of 135 full-
time ED nurses, from five of the 17 public EDs in Hong Kong was employed to investigate the perceived causes of patient violence,
nurses’ attitude towards management of violence strategies with two instruments included personal information sheet and MAVAS.
The respondents considered “lengthy waiting time” (N=82) as the major contributing factor in patient violence; followed by “patients
with mental health presentation” (N=37) and “patient is under the influence of alcohol” (N=33). In addition, the score of MAVAS
indicated that nurse respondents disagree that communication with patients is the important component of prevention or effective
management of patient aggression in ED. On the other hand, nurse respondents disagree that they perceived the intervention is
effective, and they there was a pitfall of intervention, and they perceived need for intervention of patient aggression. Results of this
study reflect the importance of developing appropriate strategies to establish reasonable waiting time in ED service provision. There
is also a need to re-examine the contents of the training programs related to the management of patient violence. Future research
may focus on how organizational issues may influence nurses’ attitudes and how nurses make decisions in the management of patient
violence.
Biography
Wai Kit Wong is a Deputy Director of Mental Health Nursing Program, School of Nursing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He is also a Council Member of Hong
Kong Nursing Council (Examination subcommittee), (Co-pt) Council Member of Hong Kong Institute of Mental Health Care, and Member of the Sigma Theta Tau
International Honor Society of Nursing. He obtained both General and Psychiatric Registered Nurses Licenses in Hong Kong.
Wai Kit Wong et al., J Nurs Care 2017, 6:4(Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2167-1168-C1-049