Nurses' Workplace Violence Reporting Behaviours and Reasons for Not Formally Reporting: A Cross‐Sectional Secondary Analysis
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ABSTRACT Aim To investigate predictors of nurses' reporting behaviours and their reasons for not formally reporting. Background Underreporting of workplace violence (WPV) among nurses contributes to gaps in WPV prevention measures, as it cannot be fully understood. WPV is classified according to its source (Type II: patients and visitors, Type III: coworkers) and forms (physical assault, threat of assault, emotional abuse, verbal sexual harassment and sexual assault). Design This is a secondary analysis of cross‐sectional survey data collected in 2019 from British Columbia (BC), Canada. Methods This study had a sample of 4109 BC nurses. Multinomial logistic regression was used to analyse predictors of reporting behaviours. Reasons for not reporting were analysed descriptively. Results Informal reporting to management or through a patient safety incident report was less likely when nurses experienced threat of assault, emotional abuse and verbal sexual harassment from both Type II and III sources and physical assault from Type III sources. Higher perceptions of WPV prevention efforts increased odds of informal and formal reporting through employee incident procedures. Believing that nothing would change after reporting remained among the top three reasons for not formally reporting across all WPV sources and forms. Nurses also commonly selected not knowing the formal process, lack of leadership support and other reasons stated in an open‐text response. Conclusion Findings…
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