Table 4.

Incidence of physical assault in the prior six months by position.

Position	Any assault	Assault-weapons	Assault-fluids	Assault-body	Reported assault	Reported abuse
Clinician	12 (24%)	1 (2%)	8 (16%)	8 (16%)	2 (17%)	1 (2%)
Attending physician	7 (25%)	1 (4%)	5 (18%)	3 (11%)	1 (14%)	1 (4%)
Resident physician	4 (22%)	0 (0%)	2 (11%)	4 (22%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
Advanced practice provider	1 (33%)	0 (0%)	1 (33%)	1 (33%)	1 (100%)	0 (0%)
Care team assistant	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	N/A	1 (13%)
Nursing	39 (49%)	5 (6%)	14 (18%)	34 (43%)	12 (31%)	8 (11%)
Patient care assistant	3 (30%)	0 (0%)	1 (10%)	3 (30%)	1 (33%)	0 (0%)
Phlebotomist	4 (17%)	0 (0%)	3 (13%)	3 (13%)	1 (25%)	4 (22%)
Radiology/ECG	3 (13%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	3 (13%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
Registration	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	N/A	0 (0%)
Security	29 (73%)	2 (5%)	18 (45%)	28 (70%)	24 (83%)	22 (56%)

Note: Reported abuse is given as the percent of respondents who indicated any abuse and reported the incident.

ECG, electrocardiogram.