There are some cultural factors that can influence healthcare workers’ acceptance of violence in the workplace. These include an unwillingness to stigmatize perpetrators due to illness or impairment, that violence is just part of the job, and a lack of time to report or overly complex reporting procedures. What’s another factor?

AFear that reporting will reflect poorly on the healthcare worker

BFear of patient retaliation

CReporting is against the code of ethics

DReporting is against hospital policy