Psychosocial working conditions and violence prevention climate in German emergency departments - a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Emergency departments (EDs) are high pressure work environments with several psychosocial job demands, e.g., violence, and job resources, e.g., colleague support. So far, the perceptions of working conditions have been compared between doctors and nurses, but there is limited knowledge regarding their respective supervisors. In addition, the violence prevention climate has not been assessed in German EDs before. Thus, the current study focuses on differences in the perceptions of working conditions and the violence prevention climate between the groups of doctor-supervisors, doctor-employees, nurse-supervisors, and nurse-employees within the ED. Further analyses regarding the association between social relations and pressure for unsafe practices are performed, including

SUBMITTER: Reißmann S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11759433 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature