Workplace violence against nurses in the emergency departments of three hospitals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: A cross-sectional survey
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- Author(s)
- Alyaemni, Asmaa
- Alhudaithi, Hana
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Asmaa Alyaemni - Health and Hospital Administration Department, College of Business Administration, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Hana Alhudaithi - Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Dental college – Alriyadh, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Non-member
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- King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Abstract
Emergency department nurses are continuously exposed to violence on the job. This study sought to identify the prevalence and pattern of workplace violence and the consequences of violence on nurses working in emergency departments in Riyadh.
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| Publisher | Date | Version | DOI | Elsevier | 2016 | Publisher’s Version | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.npls.2016.09.001 |
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