Introduction: Workplace violence is the part of workplace hazards. When nursing students in a practice setting encounter horizontal violence, their approach to practice, as well as their intent to become a nurse, can be influenced. The aim of this study was to determine the rate of violence during clinical training among nursing students.
Methods: In this descriptive study, all of nursing students (82) that have inclusion criteria were entered into study. Data were collected with questionnaire and analyzed with SPSS v.11.
Results: Of the total studied subjects, 18.3% reported physical attack, 9.8% physical threat and 23.2% verbal abuse in the previous 12-months period. Most of physical attacks were caused by patients (33.3%) and their relatives (33.3%), physical threat by nurses (16.6%) and verbal abuse by nurses (28.5%) and patient's relatives (25%). Most of violence was in internal, surgery, pediatric and dialysis wards. There is no significant difference between sex and different years with violence (P>0.05).
Conclusion: Nursing students are at great risk for violence due to little age and inadequate experience. Therefore planning educational programs about violence, prevention, supporting and consulting after violence are necessary.
aghjanloo A, harririan H, Ghafurifard M. Violence during clinical training among nursing students of Zanjan universities of medical sciences. IJNR 2010; 5 (17) :46-54 URL: http://ijnr.ir/article-1-614-en.html