TY - JOUR T1 - The Prevalence of Physical Violence and its Associated Factors against Nurses Working at Al-Medina Hospitals AU - Alkhatib, Ahed AU - Almutairi, Nayef AU - Boran, Ahmad AU - Mmbarak, Ibrahim JO - The Social Sciences VL - 8 IS - 3 SP - 265 EP - 270 PY - 2013 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1818-5800 DO - sscience.2013.265.270 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2013.265.270 KW - Nursing KW -physical violence KW -Al-Medina KW -socities KW -Saudi Arabia AB - The studies about violence are increasingly important in the societies. Data on violence among nurses is scarce. The purpose of this study was to determine the characteristics of practicing nurses in three large Saudi Arabian community hospitals, examine violence prevalence against the nurses and investigate their perceptions of violence. In 2011, this study was conducted in three community hospitals in Saudi Arabia using a convenience sample of 288 nurses. The prevalence of physical violence among the study sample was 26%. Physical violence was studied. The prevalence of physical violence was 26% and more violence was shown in hospital 2. ER -