Workplace violence against nurses in the Emergency Department in a Ghanaian Tertiary Hospital
The study identified verbal abuse as the leading cause of WPV, which greatly affects the service rendered to patients. Safe working environments, occupational health measures, and effective prevention policies and interventions are needed in emergency department settings.
Authors
- Philemon Adoliwine Amooba (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3124-510X)
- William Wilberforce Amoah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4552-5631)
- Cecilia Eliason (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7090-9736)
- Florence Nana Amoah
Institutions
- University of Ghana (GH)
- Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (GH)
- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (GH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- African Journal of Emergency Medicine
- Published
- 2025-09-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.afjem.2025.100905
- Primary Topic
- Workplace Violence and Bullying
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00