Examining the utility of the Violence Prevention Climate scale: In a metropolitan Australian general hospital.

Brunero, S; Lamont, S; Dunn, S; Varndell, W; Dickens, GL

Examining the utility of the Violence Prevention Climate scale: In a metropolitan Australian general hospital.

Brunero, S Lamont, S Dunn, S Varndell, W

Dickens, GL

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Publisher:: WILEY
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: J Clin Nurs, 2021, 30, (15-16), pp. 2399-2408
Issue Date:: 2021-08

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dc.contributor.author	Brunero, S
dc.contributor.author	Lamont, S
dc.contributor.author	Dunn, S
dc.contributor.author	Varndell, W https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4752-9679
dc.contributor.author	Dickens, GL
dc.date.accessioned	2022-04-30T03:33:52Z
dc.date.available	2021-03-18
dc.date.available	2022-04-30T03:33:52Z
dc.date.issued	2021-08
dc.identifier.citation	J Clin Nurs, 2021, 30, (15-16), pp. 2399-2408
dc.identifier.issn	0962-1067
dc.identifier.issn	1365-2702
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/156850
dc.description.abstract	AIM AND OBJECTIVES: To evaluate and examine the utility of the Violence Prevention Climate scale by generalist healthcare professionals. BACKGROUND: Workplace violence in general hospital settings remains a challenge for healthcare organisations. High rates of violence are still being reported towards healthcare workers, despite organisational violence prevention strategies being implemented. There is a major challenge to healthcare organisation in the measurement of the effectiveness of these interventions, traditionally completed via the reporting and monitoring of workplace violent incidents. A novel approach to measuring workplace violence is by studying hospital atmosphere or climate. DESIGN: A cross-sectional survey using the STARD guidelines was used. METHODS: The Violence Prevention Climate scale was completed by 194 healthcare staff working in the emergency department, medical/surgical wards, respiratory/infectious disease, spinal care, renal unit, corrections health, and rehabilitation and community services of a major Australian tertiary referral hospital. The Violence Prevention Climate scale has previously been validated and used in mental health settings, but not general hospital settings. A content analysis of an open-ended question on violence prevention management strategies was also conducted. RESULTS: Comprising of 14 items with two factors (patients and staff), the study revealed a 9-item staff factor scale that can be used in the general hospital setting, the patient factor did not show adequate reliability. The content analysis revealed seven categories of staff identified violence prevention and management strategies. CONCLUSIONS: The use of the 9-item scale across an organisation annually, or added to existing organisational workforce surveys, could prove to be practical way of measuring the social climate of violence in a general hospital setting. RELEVANCE TO CLINICAL PRACTICE: The results of which could guide clinical practice, workplace safety, policy and educational initiatives for the prevention and management of workplace violence.
dc.format	Print-Electronic
dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	WILEY
dc.relation.ispartof	J Clin Nurs
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1111/jocn.15780
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.subject	1110 Nursing, 1117 Public Health and Health Services, 1701 Psychology
dc.subject.classification	Nursing
dc.subject.mesh	Australia
dc.subject.mesh	Cross-Sectional Studies
dc.subject.mesh	Hospitals, General
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Reproducibility of Results
dc.subject.mesh	Workplace Violence
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Cross-Sectional Studies
dc.subject.mesh	Reproducibility of Results
dc.subject.mesh	Hospitals, General
dc.subject.mesh	Australia
dc.subject.mesh	Workplace Violence
dc.title	Examining the utility of the Violence Prevention Climate scale: In a metropolitan Australian general hospital.
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	30
utslib.location.activity	England
utslib.for	1110 Nursing
utslib.for	1117 Public Health and Health Services
utslib.for	1701 Psychology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health
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dc.date.updated	2022-04-30T03:33:51Z
pubs.issue	15-16
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pubs.volume	30
utslib.citation.issue	15-16

Abstract:

AIM AND OBJECTIVES: To evaluate and examine the utility of the Violence Prevention Climate scale by generalist healthcare professionals. BACKGROUND: Workplace violence in general hospital settings remains a challenge for healthcare organisations. High rates of violence are still being reported towards healthcare workers, despite organisational violence prevention strategies being implemented. There is a major challenge to healthcare organisation in the measurement of the effectiveness of these interventions, traditionally completed via the reporting and monitoring of workplace violent incidents. A novel approach to measuring workplace violence is by studying hospital atmosphere or climate. DESIGN: A cross-sectional survey using the STARD guidelines was used. METHODS: The Violence Prevention Climate scale was completed by 194 healthcare staff working in the emergency department, medical/surgical wards, respiratory/infectious disease, spinal care, renal unit, corrections health, and rehabilitation and community services of a major Australian tertiary referral hospital. The Violence Prevention Climate scale has previously been validated and used in mental health settings, but not general hospital settings. A content analysis of an open-ended question on violence prevention management strategies was also conducted. RESULTS: Comprising of 14 items with two factors (patients and staff), the study revealed a 9-item staff factor scale that can be used in the general hospital setting, the patient factor did not show adequate reliability. The content analysis revealed seven categories of staff identified violence prevention and management strategies. CONCLUSIONS: The use of the 9-item scale across an organisation annually, or added to existing organisational workforce surveys, could prove to be practical way of measuring the social climate of violence in a general hospital setting. RELEVANCE TO CLINICAL PRACTICE: The results of which could guide clinical practice, workplace safety, policy and educational initiatives for the prevention and management of workplace violence.

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