2020
Staff perceptions of risk factors for violence and aggression in ambulatory care
Folgo AR, Iennaco JD. Staff perceptions of risk factors for violence and aggression in ambulatory care. Work 2020, 65: 435-445. PMID: 32007986, DOI: 10.3233/wor-203096.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk factorsAmbulatory carePotential risk factorsAmbulatory care settingsStaff perceptionsAmbulatory care environmentCommunity clinicsVisitor violenceCare settingsEnvironment of careHospital settingSubstance abuseClinic environmentCare environmentCarePatientsSafety interventionsPossible contributorsCharacteristics of staffSurvey toolStaffSettingCrisis trainingFactorsClinic
2019
Workplace Violence in Health Care and Agitation Management: Safety for Patients and Health Care Professionals Are Two Sides of the Same Coin
Wong AH, Ray JM, Iennaco JD. Workplace Violence in Health Care and Agitation Management: Safety for Patients and Health Care Professionals Are Two Sides of the Same Coin. The Joint Commission Journal On Quality And Patient Safety 2019, 45: 71-73. PMID: 30638870, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjq.2018.11.001.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2018
Deriving a Framework for a Systems Approach to Agitated Patient Care in the Emergency Department
Wong AH, Ruppel H, Crispino LJ, Rosenberg A, Iennaco JD, Vaca FE. Deriving a Framework for a Systems Approach to Agitated Patient Care in the Emergency Department. The Joint Commission Journal On Quality And Patient Safety 2018, 44: 279-292. PMID: 29759261, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjq.2017.11.011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmergency departmentCare deliveryPatient careDevelopment of evidence-based strategiesRegional health care networkPhysician assistants/nurse practitionersPatient safety literaturePatient care deliveryInterprofessional focus groupsED staff membersHealth care networkEvidence-based strategiesHealth care workersGrounded theory approachData saturationPatient aggressionCare networkCare dimensionsCare paradoxPatient encountersInterprofessional dynamicsMixed-methods approachThematic analysisFocus groupsCare workers
2016
Aggressive Event Incidence using the Staff Observation of Aggression Scale-Revised (SOAS-R): A Longitudinal Study
Iennaco JD, Whittemore R, Dixon J. Aggressive Event Incidence using the Staff Observation of Aggression Scale-Revised (SOAS-R): A Longitudinal Study. Psychiatric Quarterly 2016, 88: 485-499. PMID: 27562175, DOI: 10.1007/s11126-016-9462-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAggressionHospitals, PsychiatricHumansIncidenceInpatientsLongitudinal StudiesPsychometricsWorkplace ViolenceConceptsEvent incidence ratesAggressive eventsUse of medicationsInpatient psychiatric unitLongitudinal studyInpatient psychiatric settingsStaff observationsAggression ScaleEvent incidenceIncidence ratePsychiatric unitPsychiatric settingsLowest mean severityMean severityEffective preventionIncidenceSeverityAggression targetsEvent severityMedicationsMost eventsPatientsInjuryTargetWorkers
2013
Measurement and monitoring of health care worker aggression exposure.
Iennaco JD, Dixon J, Whittemore R, Bowers L. Measurement and monitoring of health care worker aggression exposure. Online Journal Of Issues In Nursing 2013, 18: 3. PMID: 23452199, DOI: 10.3912/ojin.vol18no01man03.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAggressionHealth PersonnelIncidenceOccupational ExposurePrevalencePyridinesRisk ManagementWorkplace Violence