Abstract:

This study of violence by patients on nurses working in a psychiatric clinic was carried out to evaluate.This study Elazig Mental Health and Diseases Hospital employees and 60 service nurse who accepted to work performed. This study nurses administered a questionnaire regarding socio-demographic characteristics and violence. The nurses included in the study 73.3% were married, 50% of high school graduates, 83.3% of service working as a nurse. 100% of the nurses suffered violence in the last year and sees the attacker as 85% of the mentally ill. 43% of verbal abuse of employees, found 17% of children exposed to physical violence. 61.7% of attacks made during the treatment, 45% of the cause of the attack indicates that poor environmental media. Educational status of the unit is where the attack was examined by far statistically significant (p <0.05). This study stated that the nurses were exposed to 100% of the violence. Altıntaş’s study found that 36.8% rate of domestic violence survivors. This study the cause of the attack by 45% stated that there were bad environmental media. This rate was 20.9% Altıntaş’s research. 43% of nurses were exposed to verbal violence. Coşkun’s study was 86% of verbal violence. Psychiatric nurses working in service by the patients were exposed to verbal and physical violence. To reduce the severity of violence can be reduced by increasing volumes of training.

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