Exploring Nurses’ Attitudes Towards Workplace Violence in Emergency Departments: Evidence from Al-Hilla Teaching Hospitals

Objective: This study aimed to determine how nurses’ attitudes toward violence in the workplace, and to identify the relationship between nurses’ attitudes toward workplace violence at the emergency department and their socio-demographic characteristics.

Methods and Materials: A descriptive design study was carried out at the Imam Sadiq and Hilla Teaching Hospital in Babylon province. The sample was a non-probability "convenience" sample of 80 nurses, both male and female. Data was gathered after the prepared and adopted after examining the necessary literatures, By adopting a self-report technique, the researcher can collect data from the sample without interfering with the responses and choices.

Findings: The results showed that 84% of the study sample their age between 20 and 25 age, regarding the majority of the study sample's educational status (41.4) was diploma. most of the participants (69.8%) have (1-5) years of experience. Most of the participants 53.4% think that working in an emergency is tiring. A statistically significant relationship at (P-value < 0.05) exists between the attitude level and educational achievement. The attitudes are positive especially with bachelor's, master and doctorate in nursing, while there is no significant relationship with (age, gender, years of experience, and residency) in p. value > 0.05.

Conclusion: The study concludes that nurses in emergency departments exhibit predominantly  negative attitudes toward workplace violence, influenced by educational background. Tailored interventions, such as educational workshops, are recommended to address this issue.