Workplace Violence against registered Staff Nurses at a Tertiary Care Hospital Of Sindh Province: A Descriptive Qualitative Study.

Abstract

persuasive in nature and ignored for a time. That's why it is termed as a situation that is recognized, but not resolved or mitigated. Moreover,  the  violence  victims’  (nurses’)  voice had rarely been documented. Therefore, this qualitative study aimed to  investigate  nurses'  perceptions  of  workplace violence in their language'.

Methodology:  A descriptive qualitative  study was conducted in September 2019. In a one to one (individual/face to face) interview-based research, eleven registered nurses were recruited. A semi-structured (04-item) questionnaire  was used to collect  the data. All the participants  were  informed  about the aim and objectives of the study and written  informed consent  was administrated.   The thematic  analysis was done for data analysis purpose.

Results: Four main themes were extracted through the content data analysis process. According to the participants, violence resulted due to the workload & staff shortage, power struggle, political influence and shortage of medicines.

Conclusion: it is concluded that the main reasons behind violence against nurses  are politically  rooted  and  resides  in the group dynamics rather than organizational structure. Therefore, it is necessary to change approaches towards organizational culture that help in reducing occupational violence rather than blaming one another.