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Abstract
Aim: To assess knowledge, attitude and performance of psychiatric nurse toward aggressive patient. Methods: A descriptive study design was used. Setting: at the Psychiatric Mental Health Hospital at Benha City. Sample size: The study sample was composed of 110 nurses (62 females and 48 males) who were working at the previous setting. Tools: Interview questionnaire sheet to obtain nurses’ characteristics, attitude toward aggression scale (ATAS) and observational checklist to measure nurses’ performance. Results: Findings of the present study showed that, there were low total mean scores among studied nurses as regards knowledge attitude and performance. Moreover, a higher mean score of studied nurses’ attitude towards aggression as functional reaction followed by normal reaction and lastly harming reaction. The highest element of performance utilized by all (100%) nurses was “using restrains to uncooperative patients”. There was no significant correlation between the total mean knowledge and total performance mean scores among studied nurses. While, there was a highly significant correlation between total knowledge score and the functional reaction score. Whereas, there was a significant positive correlation between total performance mean score and the functional reaction score. Conclusion: low levels of knowledge, attitude and performance were found among studied nurses as regards patients’ aggressive behaviors. Recommendations: Conduction health education program for nurses to improve their knowledge, performance and attitude to increase their awareness about how to handle aggressive patients.
Keywords: Psychiatric nurses, knowledge, attitudes, performance, aggressive patient