TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Violence breeds violence: burnout as a mediator between patient violence and nurse violence
JO  - International journal of occupational safety and ergonomics
A1  - Laeeque, Syed Harris
A1  - Bilal, Atif
A1  - Hafeez, Abdullah
A1  - Khan, Zoia
SP  - 604
EP  - 613
VL  - 25
IS  - 4
N2  - The present study examines whether patient-perpetrated violence triggers anger, hatred and other negative emotions that, under certain circumstances, might motivate nurses to behave violently with patients. In doing so, this study considers burnout as a mediator in the patient violence-nurse violence relationship. To test the causal paths, data was collected from 182 nurses working in two government-sector teaching hospitals of Pakistan's Punjab province. <br><br>RESULTS confirm that patient violence toward nurses leads to nurse violence toward patients through the mediating effect of burnout. The study advises hospitals to provide wellness and stress management programs to nurses who regularly experience events involving patient violence. Hospitals may consider allowing nurses to take short breaks after encounter with violently behaving patients. In addition, hospitals should conduct empathy-promoting training, emotional intelligence training, and 'lens of the patient' training programs to sensitize their nursing staff.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1080-3548
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10803548.2018.1429079
ID  - ref1
ER  -