• Jacquelyn C Campbell, Jill Theresa Messing, Joan Kub, Jacqueline Agnew, Sheila Fitzgerald, Barbara Fowler, Daniel Sheridan, Cathleen Lindauer, Jo Deaton, and Richelle Bolyard.
• School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
• J. Occup. Environ. Med. 2011 Jan 1;53(1):82-9.

ObjectiveNurses face one of the highest rates of reported workplace violence (WPV). This research examined the prevalence of WPV and demographic, work-related, and adult and childhood abuse histories as risk factors for WPV among 2166 nurses/nursing personnel across four health care institutions in one US metropolitan area.MethodsUsing data from an online cross-sectional survey, multivariate logistic regression was utilized to determine risk factors for physical and psychological WPV.ResultsAlmost one-third (30%) of nurses/nursing personnel experienced WPV (19.4% physical, 19.9% psychological). Risk factors included being a nurse, white, male, working in the emergency department, older age, longer employment, childhood abuse, and intimate partner violence.ConclusionsAdult and childhood abuse histories have not been considered in previous large-scale investigations, but were significant risk factors along with other previously identified risk factors for WPV.

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