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http://dx.doi.org/10.12811/kshsm.2014.8.4.095

Sexual Harassment of Nurses in Long-term Care Hospitals  

Park, Gong-Ju (Department of Nursing, Gimhae College)
Jung, Hyang-Mi (Department of Nursing, Dong-Eui University)
Kim, Mee-Kyung (Department of Nursing, Dae-Dong College)
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The Korean Journal of Health Service Management / v.8, no.4, 2014 , pp. 95-107 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study is a descriptive research to investigate the actual conditions under which nurses working in long-term care hospitals are sexually harassed and situations in which sexual harassment occurs and to determine victims' coping methods after being sexually harassed. The period of data collection was from May 13, 2013 to June 14 and the research subjects were 113 nurses working in 10 long-term care hospitals in Busan assigned by convenience sampling. The results showed that sexual harassment of nurses mostly occurred as follows: visual harassment, which involved the perpetrators looking inappropriately at nurses; physical harassment, which involved intentional touching or leaning into the body; and verbal harassment, which involved making sexual jokes and remarks. The development of a prevention program for sexual harassment targeting patients and nurses in long-term care hospitals should be required to enable victims to perceive and efficiently cope with sexual harassment.
Keywords
Sexual Harassment; Nurse; Aged; Facilities Hospital;
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