ASSESSMENT OF WORKPLACE VIOLENCE AND ITS PERCEIVED EFFECTS AMONG NURSES IN FEDERAL TEACHING HOSPITAL, IDO EKITI, EKITI STATE, NIGERIA

Workplace violence is a pervasive concern in healthcare, especially among nurses who are frontline caregivers. Thisstudy assessed the workplace violence among nurses and perceived effects at Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido-Ekiti, Ekiti State. The design of this study is a descriptive cross-sectional. Two hundred and thirty-one nurses were recruited using stratified random sampling technique. Respondents completed a structured, self-administered questionnaire. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 25.0. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used, presented in frequencies, percentages. Chi-square tests examined associations between variables at 0.05 level of significance. The socio- demographic characteristics revealed thatmajority ofthe respondentswere aged 20–30 years (45.5%), female (74%), married (50.6%), held a Bachelor of Nursing Science degree (79.9%), ranked as Senior Nursing Officers (65.4%), and had 1–4 years of nursing experience (35.5%), with most working in the male medical ward (20.3%). This study shows that majority of the participants has experience workplace violence due to the fact that majority of the participants one form of workplace violence in the past 12 months (60.6%), the common type experience is Verbal abuse (52.9%) and the perpetrators are Patient’s relative/visitors (34.7%). This study shows that the frequency of workplace violence is low (40.26%). This study observed that severity of workplace violence was low(34.2%). This study observed thatthe perceived effects of workplace violence among nurses are increased stress and anxiety (93.5%), burnout (93.9%), satisfaction difficulty (64.5%), reduced productivity, fear of going to work (70.6%), negative impact on personal relationship (80.9%) and the contributing factors to workplace violence among nurses include staff shortages (93.9%), overcrowded waiting areas (74.9%), lack of security (92.7%), inadequate training on violence prevention (85.2%), high patientturnover(80.5%), patients underthe influence of alcohol (73.2%), lack of clear policies on workplace violence (84%), poor communication between staff and management (79.6%) and societal factors (e.g increasing aggression) (87.4%). A significant association was found between nurses’ department and workplace violence experience in the past 12months(χ²=39.162,P<0.001). Secondly, there is a significant relationship between the department ofthe nurses and their experience of workplace violence in the past twelve months, with P-value (0.000<0.05). This study concludes that in Nigerian tertiary hospitals, the physical and psychological consequences of workplace violence are profound, with implicationsfor nurse retention and patient care quality. It is recommended that urgent interventions, including policy support and dissemination, enforcement, staff training, and security enhancement, effective communication are essential to ensure a safer and more supportive working environment that minimizes workplace violenceamong nurses

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  • • Name: ONYENWENYI, ANTHONIA O. C
  • • Name: ADEBAYO, FESTUS O;
  • • Name: OKECHUKWU EMMANUEL;
  • • Name: ANENE JOSEPHINE AMAKA
  • • Name: JOLAYEMI ITUNI KARIMAT
• Keywords: Assessment; Workplace Violence; Nurses; Perceived Effects; Hospital.
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