1. Do male nurses receive more patient violence then female nurses?
Issue
What is abuse?
Research
Male nurses are more likely to be assigned abusive patients than female nurses (Crawford, 2009).
Quantitative Study done on all nurses in Butterworth hospital and whether they receive abusive patients or not
Review of incident reports containing a nurse being abused by a patient and what kind of abuse over the past 3 years
A survey will be given to male/female nurses including:
- how often they receive an “abusive patient”
- Is it a choice to take the abusive patient or are they assigned to them
- How many times they have been abused by a patient physically or verbally
- what they believe caused the abuse
Improper treatment of a person
Can be: physical or verbal abuse
Limitations
Importance to Nursing
Small population of male nurses compared to female nurses
Unreported abuse
Lack of honesty in survey
Abuse is subjective
Lack of abusive patients on certain floors
Research is needed to see if male nurses are assigned more abusive patients than female nurses and why
Research could help male nurses understand why they may be abused and how to fix it
Assure equality between male and female nurses
Crawford, T. (2009). Male nurses: experience more patient abuse. Workplace Violence. Retrieved from
Corrin Simon NURS 450