Karakteristik perawat terhadap kesiapan dalam penanganan pasien perilaku kekerasan di rumah sakit jiwa

Abstract

Abstract Background: Recorded violent behavior causes mental health cases to be frequently encountered in mental hospitals. The role of nurses in providing comprehensive services is very necessary to help patients control themselves. Every nurse must have the will to handle patients who behave violently. Purpose: To determine the relationship between nurse characteristics and readiness to handle patients with violent behavior. Method: Quantitative with a correlational approach to the characteristics of nurses in dealing with patients with violent behavior. The population is all nurses at the Regional Mental Hospital, Dr. Arif Zainuddin Surakarta with a sample size of 50 respondents using total sampling technique. The measuring instrument used was a questionnaire and analyzed using the Chi-square statistical test. Results: Each nurse characteristic such as age, gender, education and length of service has a p-value <0.05, which means it has a significant relationship with readiness to handle patients with violent behavior in mental hospitals. Conclusion: The higher age group, male gender, nurse education level, and work experience of more than 5 years are the groups most prepared to handle patients with violent behavior compared to other groups for each variable. Suggestion: Further research on other nursing factors that may be related to readiness in dealing with violent behavior in patients with mental disorders is needed to obtain broader data as material for evaluating the nursing profession. Keywords: Mental Hospital; Nurse Characteristics; Patients; Violent Behavior.