The Effects of a Violence Management Course on Psychiatric Nurses: Their Knowledge of Violence, Attitudes toward Violence, and Management of Violent Behavior.

• Main Authors: Cheng, Shu-Li, 鄭淑利
• Other Authors: Tsai Sing-Ling
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 1997
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/22079665300733230349

碩士 === 長庚醫學暨工程學院 === 護理學研究所 === 85 === The purpose of this research was to understand the effects of a violence manage-ment course on psychiatric nurses. Data collection was based on a pre-post test control design. One follow-up test was given immediately after course comple-tion, and a final test after 4 weeks. Personal information was obtained and instruments for gathering data include a conflict management scale, violence attitude scale and violent behavior management scale. Eighty psychiatric nurseshad been selected from ten psychiatric units of two medical centers,one psychi- atric professional center and one regional hospital which were randomly assignedinto the experimental group(n=41) and the control group (n=39). Percentage, mean, standard deviation, chi- square, paired t-test, ANOVA, repeated measures ANOVA, Duncon multiple range test, one-way ANOVA, Peason's correlation were usedfor data analysis.Results can be summarized as follows:1.The experimental group exhibited significant improvement in knowledge concer-ning violence.2.The experimental group demonstrated more positive attitude to violence aftercourse, and a significant difference was also observed between results of two follow-up tests.3.(1)A significant decrease was found in the frequency of isolating patients, and the need of security help after the program. (2)No significant difference were observed in number events of verbal aggres-sion against objects, and physical aggression against other people. (3)The severity of physical assults for subjects also didn't vary significan-tly after the course.4.There was no correlation between knowledge, attitudes, and behavior.5.A correlation did not demonstrated among these variables: hospital type, sex,marriage status, education level, religion, conflict management skills, age, clinical psychiatric nursing experience.In conclusion, a violence management course improved the capability of psychia- tric nurses to repond to and cope with patients' violence. Lessened needs for isolating patients and security help are another research outcomes.