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The 112th Meeting of the National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice (NACNEP): Fifth Report to the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Congress
 
Charter of the National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice
Violence Against Nurses
Introduction
Prevention and Intervention Programs and Strategies
Status of Research on Violence Against Nurses
Recommendations
References for Violence Against Nurses Report
Nurse Critical Shortage Facility Study
Nursing Workforce Diversity Program Examplars

References for Violence Against Nurses Report

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American Health Care Association. (2004, October). Workforce Shortage: Who will answer the call button? Issue brief. Available at  http://www.ahca.org/brief/ib_workforce_shortage.pdf

American Hospital Association. (2001, June). TrendWatch: The Hospital Workforce Shortage: Immediate and Future. Available at  http://www.hospitalconnect.com/ahapolicyforum/trendwatch/content/twjune2001.pdf

American Nurses Association. (2002). Preventing workplace violence.  Retrieved September 16, 2005 from   http://www.nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/OccupationalandEnvironmental/occupationalhealth/
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Anderson, C. (2001). Defining the severity of workplace violent events among medical and non-medical samples: a pilot study. Gastroenterology Nursing, 24(5), 225-230.

Beech, B. (2001). Zero tolerance of violence against health care staff. Nursing Standard, 15(16), 39-41.

Bradley, D.B., & Moore, H.L. (2004). Preventing workplace violence from negligent hiring in health care. Journal of Nursing Administration, 34(3), 157-161.

Burns, K., Frank-Stromborg, M., Teytelman, Y., & Herren, J.D. (2004). Criminal background checks: Necessary admission criteria? Journal of Nursing Education, 43(3), 125-129.

Cohn, F., Salmon, M., & Stobo, J. (Eds). (2001). Confronting chronic neglect: the education and training of health professionals on family violence (pp. 17-22). Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.

Distasio, C.A., Hall, K., & Beachley, M. (2005). The Maryland Nurses Association workplace violence survey report. The Maryland Nurse, November-December 2005, January 2006, 22-26.

Duncan, S.M., & Hyndman, K. (2001). Nurses’ experience of violence in Alberta and British Columbia hospitals. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, 32(4), 57-78.

Duxbury, J., & Whittington, R. (2005). Causes and management of patient aggression and violence: Staff and patient perspectives. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 50(5), 469-478.

Erickson, L., & Williams-Evans, S. (2000). Attitudes of emergency nurses regarding patient assaults. Journal of Emergency Nursing, 26(3), 210-215.

Farrell, G.A. (1999). Aggression in clinical settings: Nurses’ views – a follow up study.  Journal of Advanced Nursing, 29(3), 532-541.

Fernandes, C., Bouthillette, F., Raboud, J., Bullock, L., Moore, C., & Christenson, J. (1999). Violence in the emergency department: A survey of health care workers. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 161(10), 1245-1248.

Findorff, M.J., McGovern, P.M., Wall, M., Gerberich, S.G., & Alexander, B. (2004). Risk factors for work related violence in a health care organization. Injury Prevention, 10(5), 296-302.

Findorff, M.J., McGovern, P.M., & Sinclair, S. (2005). Work-related violence policy: A process evaluation. American Association of Occupational Health Nurses Journal, 53(8), 360-371.

Findorff, M.J., McGovern, P.M., Wall, M.M., & Gerberich, S.G. (2005). Reporting violence to a health care employer: A cross sectional study. American Association of Occupational Health Nurses Journal, 53(9), 399-406.

Gerberich, S.G., Church, T.R., McGovern, P.M., Hansen, H.E., Nachreiner, N.M., & Geisser, M.S. (2004). An epidemiological study of the magnitude and consequences of work related violence: The Minnesota Nurses' Study. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 61(6), 495-503.

Gerberich, S.G., Church, T.R., McGovern, P.M., Hansen, H., Nachreiner, N.M., & Geisser, M.S. (2005). Risk factors for work-related assaults on nurses. Epidemiology, 16(5), 704-709.

Gershon, R.R.M. (2001). Information collection and reporting of violence at work in the health care sector. In C.L. Cooper and N. Swanson (Eds.). Working paper. Workplace violence in the health sector: State of the art. Retrieved September 20, 2005, from  http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/sector/papers/health/state.pdf

Henderson, A.D. (2003). Nurse and workplace violence: Nurses’ experiences of verbal and physical abuse at work. Nursing Leadership, 16(4), 82-98.

Hilton, L. (2004, November 14). Hard lessons. Nursing Spectrum. Available at  http://community.nursingspectrum.com/MagazineArticles/article.cfm?AID=13170

Homeyer, C.L. (2005, April). Violence: The battle zone of acute care. Presented at the annual meeting of the National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice. Rockville, MD.

International Council of Nurses. (2000). Position statement: Abuse and violence against nursing personnel. Retrieved September 15, 2005, from http://www.icn.ch/psviolence00.htm

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Jackson, D., Claire, J., & Mannix, J. (2002). Who would want to be a nurse? Violence in the workplace – A factor in recruitment and retention. Journal of Nursing Management, 10(1), 13-20.

Keough, V.A., Schlomer, R.S., & Bollenberg, B.W. (2003). Serendipitous findings from an Illinois emergency department nursing educational survey reflect a crisis in emergency nursing. Journal of Emergency Nursing, 29(1), 17-22.

Lehman, L.S., Padilla, M., Clark, S., & Loucks, S. (1983). Training personnel in the prevention and management of violent behavior. Hospital and Community Psychiatry, 34(1), 40-43. 

Love, C.C., & Morrison, E. (2003). American Academy of Nursing Expert Panel on Violence: Policy recommendations on workplace violence (Adopted 2002). Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 24(6-7), 599-604.

May, D.D., & Grubbs, L.M. (2002). The extent, nature, and precipitating factors of nurse assault among three groups of registered nurses in a regional medical center. Journal of Emergency Nursing, 28(1), 11-7.

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McPhaul, K.M., & Lipscomb, J.A. (2004, September 30). Workplace violence in health care: Recognized but not regulated. Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, 9(3), Manuscript 6. Retrieved September 20, 2005, from http://nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/ANAMarketplace/ANAPeriodicals/OJIN/Tableof
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Morrison, E.F., & Carney-Love, C. (2003). An evaluation of four programs for the management of aggression in psychiatric settings. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, XVII(4), 146-155.

Nachreiner, N.M., Gerberich, S.G., McGovern, P.M., Church, T.R., Hansen, H.E., & Geisser, M.S. (2005a). Relation between policies and work related assault: Minnesota nurses' study. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 62(10), 675-681.

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National Council of State Boards of Nursing. (2005). Using criminal background checks to inform licensure decision making. Retrieved September 18, 2005, from http://www.nursing.emory.edu/pulse/faculty_tools/compliance_docs/fc_criminal_background_checks.pdf

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Occupational Safety and Health Administration. (2004). Guidelines for preventing workplace violence for health care and social service workers. OSHA 3148. US Department of Labor. Washington, DC. Retrieved on September 18, 2005, from http://www.osha.gov/Publications/osha3148.pdf

Peek-Asa, C, Cubbin, L., & Hubbell, K. (2002). Violent events and security programs in California emergency departments before and after the 1993 hospital security act. Journal of Emergency Nursing, 28(5), 420-426.

Pieri, L. (2004). Are nurses receiving enough education on workplace violence? Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses Lifelines, 8(3), 187-189.

Roll, F.G. (2005, April). Violence in health care. Presentation at the annual meeting of the National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice. Rockville, MD.

Rosenstein, A.H. (2002). Nurse-Physician relationships: Impact on satisfaction and retention. American Journal of Nursing, 102(6), 26-34.

Shader, K., Broome, M.E., Broome, C.D., West, M.E., & Nash, M. (2001). Factors influencing satisfaction and anticipated turnover for nurses in an academic medical center. Journal of Nursing Administration, 31(4), 210-216.

Sofield, L., & Salmond, S.W. (2003). Workforce violence: A focus on verbal abuse and intent to leave the organization. Orthopaedic Nursing,22(4), 274-283.

Sourdiff, J. (2004). Predictors of nurses’ intent to stay at work in a university health center. Nursing and Health Sciences, 6(1), 59-68.

Tate, E.T., & Moody, K. (2005). The public good: Regulation of nursing students. Journal of Nursing Administration’s Healthcare Law, and Ethics Regulation, 7(2), 47-53.

United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery, and Health Visiting. (2002). The recognition, prevention, and therapeutic management of violence in mental health care. London, England: UKCC.

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Winstanley, S., & Whittington, R. (2004). Aggression towards health care staff in a UK general hospital: Variation among professions and departments. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 13(1), 3-10.

Wiskow, C. (2002). Framework guidelines for addressing workplace violence in the health sector.  Geneva, Switzerland: The International Labour Office, the World Health Organization, the International Council of Nurses, and Public Services International. Retrieved September 20, 2005, from http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/sector/papers/health/guidelines.pdf

Woodtli, M.A., & Breslin, E. (2002). Violence-related content in the nursing curriculum: A follow-up national survey. Journal of Nursing Education, 41(8), 340-348.