Nurses’ rationale for underreporting of patient and visitor perpetrated workplace violence: a systematic review

Abstract Background Patient and visitor perpetrated workplace violence (WPV) is a problem within healthcare and is known to be underreported by nurses and other healthcare workers. However, there are multiple and diverse reasons identified in the literature as to why nurses do not report. This syste...

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Published in:	BMC Nursing
Main Authors:	Cara Spencer, Jamie Sitarz, June Fouse, Kristen DeSanto
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2023-04-01
Subjects:	Underreporting Reporting Workplace Violence Nursing Patient Perpetrated Visitor Perpetrated
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-023-01226-8