Violence is part of the job say nurses as study shows only 1 in 6 incidents are reported
"The nurses in our study were reluctant to report episodes of workplace violence unless they considered the event to be serious," says Dr Chapman. "This finding was supported by a retrospective audit of the hospital's formal incident reports, which showed that 96% of the reporting nurses had received one or more injuries as the result of a violent incident in the workplace. "Understanding why nurses do or do not report incidents is very important as it can help educators and administrators to develop programmes that help to reduce workplace violence. Further research on how individuals adapt to violence in the workplace is also warranted."