Impacts of Violence on Nurses: Stress and Productivity Effects

Abstract

Background: Workplace violence in healthcare settings is of increasing concern to the well-being and productivity of nurses. It concerns not only the individual health professional but also the quality of care delivered to the patient.

Objective: To look at the effects of workplace violence on stress among nurses and productivity by quantifying the psychological impact and its effects on so many aspects of job performance.

Methods: A stratified random sample of 300 nurses from an urban, suburban, and rural healthcare setting was the subjects of this inquiry. The Healthcare Productivity Survey (HPS). and the Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R). that were electronically administered. Data will be analysed using SPSS version 25 where descriptive statistics will be used to describe the study population and correlational analyses to examine the relationships of the experiences of violence, stress responses, and productivity.

Results: Most of the nurses were females (66%). and 45% were having a Bachelor's degree. The training for Critical Incident Stress Debriefing was given by around 68.3% of employers. The results showed that violence exposure was significantly associated with stress responses (avoidance - r = -0.18, p = 0.01; intrusion - r = -0.26, p < 0.0001; hyperarousal - r = -0.26, p < 0.0001). The measures of productivity showed reduced scores in cognitive demands and workload management due to high psychological stress.

Conclusion: Work violence has a significant reduction in the productivity of a nurse coupled with increasing stress levels, and as such calls for the implementation of urgent, effective preventive and management strategies within healthcare facilities in order to cushion the well-being of the nurse and for the nurse to better the patient care.

Keywords: Workplace Violence, Nurse Productivity, Healthcare Stress, Nurse Well-Being, Patient Care Quality, And Psychological Impact.