Workplace Violence By Mental Health Nurses

Violence is the leading concern of most health services in Australia. Mental health nurses are continuously subject to physical and verbal violence, as part of their daily work routine. Studies indicate that mental health nurses face the highest risk of violent attacks by patients (Shiao et al, 2010). Workplace violence can cause job stress and lower life satisfaction due to the constant stresses of their workplace. Life satisfaction is described as how a person gauge their life as a whole rather from present feelings and emotions (Diener 1985)
Nurses experience a variety of stressors in their daily lives, stress according to Shiao et al (2010) is any situation in which internal or external demands are taxing or exceeding the adaptive or coping