Patient-To-Nurse Sexual Harassment

<p>Patient to nurse sexual harassment is an issue that can have significant effects on nurses physical and mental health, occupational function, and patient outcomes. It is an under-researched and often unaddressed issue, leaving many nurses unsure of what sexual harassment by a patient is and how to respond to it. This paper reviews the literature related to patient to nurse sexual harassment and the development and effectiveness of a webinar on recognizing, preventing, intervening, and coping with patient to nurse sexual harassment. The webinar is a two-hour educational program that covers topics related to what sexual harassment is, risk assessment and risk management, addressing sexual harassment by patients, bystander intervention, reporting, coping, and policy evaluation. Confidence on measures related to recognizing and responding to patient to nurse sexual harassment was evaluated as a pre and posttest. Further study of patient to nurse sexual harassment is needed.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)

Level thesis:degree_level

Open Access Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Yale University School of Nursing

Year

2021

Author dc:creator

• Micale, Erin Frances

Contributors dc:contributor

• Joanne DeSanto

• Patient-to-Nurse Sexual Harassment, Sexual Harassment, Webinar Training

Repository record dc:identifier

https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/ysndt/1118

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:elischolar.library.yale.edu:ysndt-1117