Violence at work webinar - Safety for All Campaign (23 May 2024)

Summary

This is the recording of a webinar on hosted by the Safety for All Campaign to present findings from a survey on violence and aggression sustained by nursing and midwifery students in a UK university. The findings were presented by Dr Kevin Hambridge, Lecturer in Adult Nursing (Education), Francis Thompson, Associate Professor in Mental Health Nursing (Education) and Dr Matt Carey, Associate Professor in Child Health Nursing – Acute Care, all from the University of Plymouth.

The results highlighted worrying trends of verbal violence or aggression, physical violence and sexual violence towards students. The responses also highlighted a culture of acceptance among students who have been programmed to see violence at work as part of the job. There was a detailed question and answer session following the presentation in which webinar attendees asked questions about prevention, protection and collaboration.