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. 2021 May 7;22(3):702–709. doi: 10.5811/westjem.2021.2.50046

Table 5.

Frequency of abuse reporting in the prior six months by position.

Position Always Often Sometimes Rarely Never Not applicable
Clinician 0 (0%) 1 (2%) 2 (4%) 3 (6%) 40 (82%) 3 (6%)
 Attending physician 0 (0%) 1 (4%) 2 (7%) 2 (7%) 21 (75%) 2 (7%)
 Resident physician 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 17 (94%) 1 (6%)
 Advanced practice provider 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 1 (33%) 2 (67%) 0 (0%)
Care team assistant 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 1 (9%) 2 (18%) 7 (64%) 1 (9%)
Nursing 3 (4%) 3 (4%) 5 (6%) 16 (20%) 50 (62%) 3 (4%)
Patient care assistant 1 (10%) 0 (0%) 1 (10%) 2 (20%) 5 (50%) 0 (0%)
Phlebotomist 1 (4%) 0 (0%) 2 (8%) 4 (17%) 15 (62%) 2 (8%)
Radiology/ECG 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 1 (4%) 19 (79%) 4 (17%)
Registration 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 4 (100%) 0 (0%)
Security 14 (35%) 9 (22%) 6 (15%) 1 (2%) 7 (18%) 3 (8%)

ECG, electrocardiogram.