Background: Patients aggression acts are a part of the average working day for psychiatric nurses. Identifying the risks in practice & adapt knowledge are the first steps in developing safe work practices and enhance positive attitude toward patient aggression. Aim: This study aimed to evaluate the effect of psycho-educational program for psychiatric nurses to protect themselves and others from the incidence of acute psychiatric inpatients aggression. Research design:A quasi-experimental design two groups control and study groups was utilized in this study. Setting: the study was conducted at the Psychiatric Mental Health Hospital in Banha City. Sample: A purposive sample of 100 nurses was constituted the study subjects, which divided into two groups study and control group (pre/post/ test) 50 nurses for each group. Tools of data collection: Five tools were used for data collection, (1): A structuredinterviewing questionnaire consisting of two parts: to assess Socio-demographic data for nurses, (2): Attitudes towards aggression scale, (3): Knowledge questionnaire about aggression, (4): Skills questionnaire about dealing with patient aggression and (5): The Perception of Prevalence of Aggression Scale. Results: The majority of study sample had positive attitude, adequate knowledge, competent skills and highly level of perception of aggression post program compared with pre educational program. Conclusion:There is positive significant correlation between skills, attitude and knowledge of study group at post the educational program. Recommendation: Aggression-management training programs should be given to all psychiatric nurses to enhance their confidence, knowledge and skill on management of patients aggression.
Abd Elmoaty Mahmoud, H., Ibraheim Elmalky, M., & Fathi Elattar, N. (2021). Psycho-Educational Program for Psychiatric Nurses to Protect Themselves and Others from the Incidence of Acute Psychiatric Inpatients Aggression. Journal of Nursing Science Benha University, 2(2), 671-688. doi: 10.21608/jnsbu.2021.194617
MLA
Hoda Abd Elmoaty Mahmoud; Maaly Ibraheim Elmalky; Naglaa Fathi Elattar. "Psycho-Educational Program for Psychiatric Nurses to Protect Themselves and Others from the Incidence of Acute Psychiatric Inpatients Aggression". Journal of Nursing Science Benha University, 2, 2, 2021, 671-688. doi: 10.21608/jnsbu.2021.194617
HARVARD
Abd Elmoaty Mahmoud, H., Ibraheim Elmalky, M., Fathi Elattar, N. (2021). 'Psycho-Educational Program for Psychiatric Nurses to Protect Themselves and Others from the Incidence of Acute Psychiatric Inpatients Aggression', Journal of Nursing Science Benha University, 2(2), pp. 671-688. doi: 10.21608/jnsbu.2021.194617
VANCOUVER
Abd Elmoaty Mahmoud, H., Ibraheim Elmalky, M., Fathi Elattar, N. Psycho-Educational Program for Psychiatric Nurses to Protect Themselves and Others from the Incidence of Acute Psychiatric Inpatients Aggression. Journal of Nursing Science Benha University, 2021; 2(2): 671-688. doi: 10.21608/jnsbu.2021.194617
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