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Figure 2
Percentage reporting emotional abuse by a patient over past 12 months, by clinical area of employment, nurses providing direct care in hospitals or long-term care facilities, Canada, 2005

Clinical area of employment Percentage reporting emotional abuse by a patient over past 12 months
Psychiatry/Mental health  70
Emergency room  69
Critical care  54
Medicine/Surgery  52
Geriatrics/Long-term care  49
Several clinical areas  47
Palliative care  45
Rehabilitation  44
Paediatrics  43
Oncology  41
Other direct care  39
Ambulatory care  37
Operating/Recovery room  24
Maternity/Newborn  23