Abstract
To present a reflection on the forms of violence in health care settings and on preventive actions. This is a theoretical reflection about the phenomenon of violence and its possible coping actions. Nurses and other professionals working in health care environments may experience situations of aggression and disrespect through institutional or managerial violence, horizontal violence and patient violence. Violent practices are not applicable in any workplace, especially in care settings. Actions or measures of control should be taken in pursuit of healthier environments and in harmony with the culture of peace.
Highlights
Violence in health care settings has become a worldwide concern regardless of the economic and cultural characteristics of each country
Normative approaches for understanding violence in health services must be questioned since these are, a priori, places where one works in search of encouragement, care and recovery, not associated with environments linked to forms of aggression
Nursing is considered the second profession at most risk of violence, behind only police officers
Summary
Violence in health care settings has become a worldwide concern regardless of the economic and cultural characteristics of each country. Normative approaches for understanding violence in health services must be questioned since these are, a priori, places where one works in search of encouragement, care and recovery, not associated with environments linked to forms of aggression. In countries such as Canada and the United States of America, nurses are often victims of physical, moral, psychic and even sexual violence during the exercise of their profession, and offenders are patients, family members, bosses and co-workers. Every form of violence must be studied and repelled[3,4,5,6]
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