Title : The workplace violence experiences among psychiatric nurses: A qualitative meta-synthesis
Abstract:
Objective: To integrate the qualitative research of the workplace violence experience, a more comprehensive understanding of the real physical and mental experience of the workplace violence, to provide evidence-based basis for the treatment of the workplace violence injury, and further expand the nursing practice to reduce the workplace violence of the psychiatric nurses.
Methods: The computer search for qualitative research on the PubMed, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, CINAHL, A, Embase, PsyINFO, CNKI, Wanfang database, VIP Technology Journal database and Chinese Biomedical Literature Database for the database until June 2024. Literature quality evaluation was conducted by the Evidence-based Institute in Australia (2016 edition), and the pooled integration method was used to summarize and integrate the study results.
Results: 14 articles were included, 56 themes were refined, and 4 integration results were formed. Integration results 1: factors related to workplace violence among psychiatric nurses; integration results 2: psychiatric nurses' perception of workplace violence; integration results 3: needs of psychiatric nurses after workplace violence; and integration results 5: response and prevention of workplace violence.
Conclusion: Attention should be paid to the psychological reconstruction of psychiatric nurses, and managers should guide psychiatric nurses to deal with bad experience; they expect relevant departments to formulate workplace violence management prevention strategies according to the reasons, manage violence injuries according to the needs of nurses, reduce violence in the workplace, and enable nurses to better and better serve the clinical practice.
Audience Take Away:
- This study gives readers a comprehensive understanding of the actual physical and mental experiences of workplace violence.
- This study provides evidence-based evidence for developing treatment processes for workplace violence management and prevention following workplace violence injuries among psychiatric nurses.
- This study could further expand on nursing practice and reduce workplace violence among psychiatric nurses.
