@article{ref1,
title="Daily reality of violence in a rural emergency department: is violence becoming the new normal?",
journal="Emergency medicine Australasia",
year="2022",
author="Jacob, Alycia and van Vuuren, Julia and Kinsman, Leigh and Spelten, Evelien",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: Violence in emergency healthcare is a persistent and concerning problem. The objective of the present study was to explore and understand rural nurses' views on the daily experience and impact of violence, and its perpetrators. <br><br>METHODS: The present study took a descriptive exploratory approach. Two focus groups were held with nurses from an ED at a rural hospital in New South Wales, Australia. <br><br>RESULTS: Violence occurred regularly and had a significant impact on staff. Nurses go to work expecting to search patients for weapons and be physically and verbally abused. Tolerating and being able to manage violence has become a rite of passage. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: The present study shows that rural workers, like metropolitan workers, feel experiences of violence are a routine part of their roles. Violence in healthcare is a societal issue, that cannot be solved without a multifactor approach that considers the characteristics of the perpetrators.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1742-6731",
doi="10.1111/1742-6723.13942",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1742-6723.13942"
}