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pISSN 1225-9330
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    J Korean Acad Nurs Adm. 2015 Dec;21(5):489-500. Korean.
    Published online Dec 31, 2015.
    https://doi.org/10.11111/jkana.2015.21.5.489
    Copyright © 2015 Korean Academy of Nursing Administration
    Original Article

    Relationship of Experience of Violence and Professional Quality of Life for Hospital Nurses'

    Yeonhee Bae,1 and Taewha Lee2
      • 1College of Nursing, Suwon Women's University, Korea.
      • 2Department of Nursing Environments & Systems, Mo-Im Kim Nursing Research Institute, College of Nursing, Yonsei University, Korea.
    • Corresponding author: Lee, Taewha. College of Nursing, Yonsei University, 250 Seongsanro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 120-752, Korea. Tel: +82-2-2228-3305, Fax: +82-2-392-5440, Email: twlee5@yuhs.ac
    Received July 20, 2015; Revised September 14, 2015; Accepted October 05, 2015.

    This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

    Abstract

    Purpose

    The purpose of this study was to identify the relation between violence experiences and the professional quality of life for hospital nurses.

    Methods

    The participants for this study were 212 nurses in one general and three special hospitals located in the metropolitan area of Seoul, South Korea. Data gathered through October and November 2013 were analyzed using descriptive statistics and χ2 test.

    Results

    Nurses experienced verbal violence, physical threats and physical violence more frequently from patients and their families rather than from doctors or peer nurses. Nurse's compassion satisfaction was low when nurses experienced violence from peer nurses. Burnout was high when nurses experienced violence from doctors, peer nurses, patients and their families. Secondary traumatic stress was affected by violence from patients and their families. The professional quality of life of nurses was associated with violence from doctors, peer nurses, patients and their families. Of the nurses, 69.3% answered that formation of a positive organizational culture would be the most effective measure for prevention of violence in hospitals.

    Conclusion

    The formation of positive organizational culture, development of violence intervention policies and education are crucial to improve the professional quality of hospital nurses' life.

    Keywords
    Quality of life; Violence; Nurse

    Tables

    Table 1
    Sociodemographic Characteristics, Work Characteristics and Violence Characteristics of Study Participants (N=212)

    Table 2
    Violence Experience from Doctors, Peer Nurses and Patients and Family (N=212)

    Table 3
    Professional Quality of Life of Study Participants (N=212)

    Table 4
    Relations between Sociodemographic Characteristics, Work Characteristics and Verbal Violence, Physical Threats, Physical Violence (N=212)

    Table 5
    Relations between Professional Quality of Life and Violence by Doctors, Peer Nurses and Patients and Family (N=212)

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    MeSH Terms
    Education
    Empathy
    Hospitals, Special
    Humans
    Korea
    Organizational Culture
    Quality of Life*
    Seoul
    Violence*
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