Citation

Rony MKK, Rana RU. Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res. Int. 2022; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2022, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s11356-022-19848-x

PMID

35322366

PMCID

PMC8942564

Abstract

Workplace physical assault (WPPA) is a threat to healthcare workers. Nurses, in particular, are at a higher risk. In this pandemic, the issue of physical abuse of nurses has attracted considerable attention. Although the world has seen how frontline warrior nurses have dedicated themselves. Nurses are responsible for understanding the healthcare needs of the patient and the patient's family through effective counseling. Nurses work closely with patients and spend most of their time at the bedside, feeling themselves in the position of their patients (Rony et al., 2021). However, one out of every four nurses is assaulted at the workplace. Moreover, by 2021, 31% of nurses in the USA have been physically assaulted (Akther, 2021). Similarly, during this pandemic in the UK, 26% of nurses were physically assaulted (Fig. 1) (Tapper 2021). In addition, more than 50% of nurses in Bangladesh are physically assaulted (Latif et al. 2019). Ghareeb et al. (2021) also revealed that 38% of Jordanian nurses have experienced the same incidence...

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