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Abstract Background. Workplace violence is a weighty problem in the health care careers. The number of occurrences has augmented that have numerous influences on the institute and nurses such as turnover. Aim: the purpose of this study was to examine the effect of workplace violence prevention training program on staff nurses’ turnover. Subjects and Methods: A quasi-experimental design was used and the study was conducted on 187 staff nurses and 74 head nurses working at Mansoura Emergency Hospital, using three tools- knowledge questionnaire sheet, head nurses’ perception on their activities for prevention and managing violence against nurse’s sheet and turnover sheet. Results: There were a statistically significant improvement on head nurses knowledge and perception on their activities for prevention and managing violence against nurses after program intervention. In addition, there was a statistically significant improvement on identifying predictors of staff nurses turnover after program implementation. Conclusion: Implementation of training program for workplace violence prevention was associated with significant improvement in head nurses knowledge, perception about managing and preventing workplace violence against nurses and in identifying predictor’s of staff nurses turnover. Keywords: staff nurses, turnover, workplace violence prevention. |