Revista gaúcha de enfermagem / EENFUFRGS
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This research objectives were: to discover the sociodemographic profile of the nursing staff that works in the hospital emergency service, identify the main types of occupational violence suffered by this team. Cross-sectional descriptive study done in a general hospital in Duque de Cazxias/Rio de Janeiro. The data, collected on August, 2009, was put in tables for subsequent univariate analysis. ⋯ The main causes of occupational violence were the companions (87.0%) followed by patients (52.2%). The more frequentform of aggression was verbal aggression (100.0%). The results showed that these workers have little expectation on changing the current situation and do not believe that their managers can assist them in the problem.