Journal of emergency nursing : JEN : official publication of the Emergency Department Nurses Association
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To determine what effect nurses' experience of interpersonal violence had on proposed nursing care of battered women ED patients. ⋯ This study documents the vulnerability of nurses to assault by patients and intimate partners. This vulnerability does not affect their proposed nursing care of battered women. An exception is nurses who themselves commit violence against intimate partners. Findings point to the need to increase safety for nurses in the workplace and provide employee assistance to help nurses confront violence at home.