Evaluation of the effect of educational curriculum on the attitude of nurses in dealing with violence in the department of emergency

Nursing staff have difficulty in managing violent events due to their inappropriate attitude towards violence. This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of a codified educational program on the level of nurses' attitudes in dealing with violence in the emergency department.

In this experimental study, 90 nurses working in the emergency departments of selected medical centers in Khorramabad were selected by simple random sampling and randomly divided into two groups of experimental and control (45 people in each group). The training program was performed once every two days for one month during 16 one-hour sessions for the experimental group. Data were collected using a questionnaire whose validity and reliability were confirmed by retesting and content validity before the training program and one month after.

The results showed that the mean scores of attitude in the experimental and control groups were (31.36±2.58) and (35.85±3.21), respectively. There was also no statistically significant difference in the mean attitude score in the experimental group before and after the intervention.

According to the results of the study, it can be concluded that the implementation of educational programs on violence and how to control and deal with it in the emergency department, alone cannnot affect the attitude of nurses in dealing with violence.