Mohammad Hossein Fattahi Toqroljerdi*, Maryam Zeighami, Parvin Mangolian Shahrbabaki and Mahlagha Dehghan
Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Scientific Tracks Abstracts: J Nurs Care
Background: Sexual harassment has become a worldwide issue in recent years. Nursing, like other professions, is vulnerable to this type of harm. Sexual harassment impairs nurses’ ability to provide comprehensive care, resulting in psychological discomfort, diminished work commitment, absenteeism, and job termination. The current study was carried out to investigate Iranian nurses’ experiences with sexual harassment in the workplace. Materials and Methods: This qualitative study used conventional content analysis with a descriptive exploratory approach to investigate the experiences of Iranian nurses. Between September 2020 and April 2021, we conducted semi-structured and in-depth interviews with 22 employed nurses, recruited via a purposeful method. Age, sex, work experience, degree of education, marital status, and hospital and ward type were observed to acquire rich information. Results: The study’s data produced 354 codes, 1 main category, 5 categories, and 23 sub categories. The main category of nurses’ sexual harassment in the workplace is divided into five categories: verbal, physical, visual, seduction, and cyber sexual harassment. The most and least common types of harassment were verbal and cyber sexual harassment, respectively. Nurse harassment was perpetrated by patients and their families, physicians, colleagues, and other hospital personnel. Conclusion: According to the findings of this study, the majority of nurses have been subjected to sexual harassment in the workplace in various forms. Given the negative consequences of workplace harassment, managers and policymakers should develop guidelines in the areas of workplace ethics, legal accountability, and workplace safety. There is also a need to develop training programs for nurses to improve their coping skills. More quantitative and qualitative research in other healthcare groups is needed to confirm the findings of this study.
Mohammad Hossein Fattahi Toqroljerdi is an undergraduate student of nursing at Kerman university of medical sciences, it's been over a year that he has entered nursing student research committee, prior to that he was interested in research so he started his first research project named "Investigation the use of complementary and alternative medicine and its association with sexual function and quality of life among prostate cancer patients referred to oncology vaccination in 2020" and after that he participated in national COVID-19 vaccination Monitoring project in Iran and he was active in data collection section of this national project in Kerman, Iran in different vaccination centers and later on he participated in case's weekly follow up in this project. Also, he Presented “Effectiveness of Virtual Resilience Training on Assertiveness in Student Girls Aged 9–10 Years: A 1-Month Follow-Up” at International E-Conference on Pediatrics and Neonatology on April 25, 2022.
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