Conveying caring : nurse attributes to avert violence in the ED

Lauretta Luck, Debra Jackson, Kim Usher

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    Abstract

    Violence towards nurses in Emergency Department’s is a world wide problem that some contend is increasing in severity and frequency, despite the many strategies implemented to prevent violent events. This paper presents the findings of an instrumental case study in a busy rural Emergency Department. Twenty Registered Nurses participated in the study and data from 16 unstructured interviews, 13 semi-structured field interviews, and 290 h of participant observation were thematically analysed. In addition, 16 violent events were observed, recorded via a structured observation tool and analysed using frequency counts. Thematically there were five attributes rural emergency nurses were observed to use to avert, reduce and prevent violence. The five attributes were being safe, being available, being respectful, being supportive and being responsive. We argue that these attributes were embodied in the emergency nurses routine practice and their conceptualization of caring.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)205-212
    Number of pages8
    JournalInternational Journal of Nursing Practice
    Volume15
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2009

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