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L Luck
Correspondence to: Ms L Luck, James Cook University, Queensland, Australia; lauretta.luck@jcu.edu.au
QUESTION
Which components of observable behaviour in patients, their families, and friends indicate a potential for violence toward nurses in the emergency department (ED)?
DESIGN
Instrumental case study using a concurrent mixed-method approach.
SETTING
33-bed ED in a public hospital in Australia.
PARTICIPANTS
20 ED nurses (90% women).
METHODS
Phase 1 comprised thematic analysis of 50 hours of unstructured participant observation, an unstructured interview with 3 nurses, and researcher journaling. In Phase 2, these findings provided items for a structured observation tool to collect quantitative data and informed the content for the qualitative interview guide. Qualitative data collection comprised 290 hours of participant observation on 51 separate occasions over 5 months (16 violent events were observed); 16 recorded, semi-structured, 45–60 minute interviews with nurses; 13 recorded, informal, and unstructured 30–40 minute field interviews, some of which occurred after a violent event was witnessed; review of organisational documents; and research journaling. Violent behaviour was defined as physical or non-physical (eg, abusive or …
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Source of funding: not stated.
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