Abstract
The purpose of this study was to explore and understand the successful prevention and mitigation of workplace violence (WPV) against nurses in the Emergency Department (ED), and to learn what multidisciplinary hospital leaders are doing to accelerate progress. Specifically, the research considers the strategies, policies and actions hospital leaders are using to prevent and mitigate WPV; the positive progress or outcomes that have been realized thus far; what these leaders have learned in the process, and what they aspire to achieve in the future. In the process of exploring why and how positive progress accelerated, it was found that hospital leaders experienced positive progress in WPV prevention and mitigation when their hospitals provided a WPV program utilizing these exemplary strategies: (a) collaborative multidisciplinary partnerships, (b) fully engaged executive support, and (c) operationalized data. It was interesting to note that as multidisciplinary partners and fully engaged executives collaborated, and supported their teams in the process of establishing these WPV initiatives, a culture of respect was catalyzed and WPV initiatives gained momentum. The details of this research highlight that operationalized data--WPV data put to use in a centralized, customized, evidence-based approach--appears to have functioned as a key accelerant of positive progress in WPV prevention and mitigation for these hospital leaders.
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Dissertations (MA) -- Organization Development; Violence in the workplace; Nurses
Date of Award
2018
School Affiliation
Graziadio Business School
Department/Program
Business
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Masters
Faculty Advisor
Mangiofico, Gary;
Recommended Citation
Mikalonis, Judith A., "Successful mitigation of workplace violence against emergency department nurses: what hospital leaders are doing to accelerate progress" (2018). Theses and Dissertations. 1022.
https://digitalcommons.pepperdine.edu/etd/1022