RT Book, Section
A1 Kondracke, Andrea M.
A1 M. Lewin, Justin
A1 A. Kondas, Cathy
A1 Zerbo, Erin A.
A2 Nelson, Lewis S.
A2 Howland, Mary Ann
A2 Lewin, Neal A.
A2 Smith, Silas W.
A2 Goldfrank, Lewis R.
A2 Hoffman, Robert S.
SR Print(0)
ID 1163006111
T1 Patient Violence
T2 Goldfrank's Toxicologic Emergencies, 11e
YR 2019
FD 2019
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259859618
LK accesspharmacy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1163006111
RD 2024/04/16
AB The  aggressive  and/or  violent  patient  presents  unique  challenges.  Like  suicidal  patients,  aggressive  individuals  are  difficult  to  treat  and  they  tend  to  elicit  strong  negative  reactions  in  hospital  personnel  ranging  from  anger  to  fear.42  Workplace  violence  is  unfortunately  commonplace  within  the  health  care  setting,  and  is  particularly  prominent  in  the  inpatient  psychiatry  ward  and  emergency  department  settings.20  Of  the  approximately  24,000  annual  workplace  assaults  occurring  between  the  years  of  2011  and  2013  in  the  United  States,  approximately  75%  were  within  the  health  care  and  social  service  settings.37  The  prevalence  of  verbal  and  physical  assaults  reported  by  emergency  nurses  within  a  12-month  period  is  as  high  as  100%  and  82%,  respectively.34  Additionally,  a  survey  of  emergency  physicians  within  the  state  of  Michigan  showed  that  25%  of  emergency  physicians  reported  being  a  target  of  physical  assault  within  12  months.27  These  statistics  on  workplace  violence  in  health  care  settings  are  likely  underestimates  as  events  are  often  underreported  to  health  care  supervisors  and  administrators.  Workplace  violence  occurs  so  frequently  that  there  is  a  perception  among  health  care  workers  that  violence  is  “the  norm”  and  an  expected  part  of  their  job.44