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Hegney D, Tuckett A, Parker D, Eley RM. International Journal of Nursing Practice 2010; 16: 188–202
Workplace violence: Differences in perceptions of nursing work between those exposed and those not exposed: A cross‐sector analysis

Nurses are at high risk of incurring workplace violence during their working life. This paper reports the findings on a cross‐sectional, descriptive, self‐report, postal survey in 2007. A stratified random sample of 3000 of the 29 789 members of the Queensland Nurses Union employed in the public, private and aged care sectors resulted in 1192 responses (39.7%). This paper reports the differences: between those nurses who experienced workplace violence and those who did not; across employment sectors. The incidence of workplace violence is highest in public sector nursing. Patients/clients/residents were the major perpetrators of workplace violence and the existence of a …