Question

There are some cultural factors that can influence healthcare workers’ acceptance of violence in the workplace. These include an unwillingness to stigmatize perpetrators due to illness or impairment, that violence is just part of the job, and a lack of time to report or overly complex reporting procedures. What’s another factor?

A.
Fear that reporting will reflect poorly on the healthcare worker

B.
Fear of patient retaliation

C.
Reporting is against the code of ethics

D.
Reporting is against hospital policy

Answer 1

The closest answer would be A or B. Personally, I would choose A, simply because B indicates that the patient would find out they were reported, which is usually unlikely because complaints are kept confidant.

Answer 2

The correct option is A.
Work place violence refers to any physical assault, threatening behavior or verbal abuse that occur in the workplace. Heath care workers experience more non-fatal workplace violence than any other profession. There are many reasons why workers may not want to report violent events and this include the fact that health workers normally have the fear that reporting will reflect poorly on them.