1Assistant Professor-Senior Scale, Manipal College of Nursing, Bejai, Mangalore
2Professor & Dean, Manipal College of Nursing, Bejai, Mangalore
3Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Father Muller Medical College, Mangalore
*Corresponding author: Mr. Binil V, Assistant Professor-Senior Scale, Manipal College of Nursing, Centre for Basic Sciences, Bejai, Mangalore-575004. Email id: binilvp@gmail.com, Mobile No:+91 9844387432
Online published on 30 November, 2016.
Nurses working in psychiatric setting experience violence from patients. This semi-structured interview explored psychiatric nurses’ experience of patient violence in psychiatric setting. Data collected from 90 nurses working in 8 hospitals of DK and Udupi Districts of Karnataka. Data was collected using a 24 item semi-structured interview guided questions. Descriptive statistics was used for analysis. The result showed that 84% of the nurses experienced verbal violence and 58% of the nurses experienced physical assault from patients. The study concludes that aggression management and violence prevention training program must be organized for nurses working in psychiatric setting.
Care providers, Violence, Experience, Psychiatry
