Workplace violence prevention for healthcare workers-an online course

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• Personal Author:
  Costa B ; Craine J ; Hartley D ; Ridenour, Marilyn
• Description:
  Purpose: Workplace assaults against healthcare workers originate from many sources, but are predominantly committed by patients. Therefore, training in strategies for preventing patient-on-nurse violence is very important throughout a nurse's career. Methods: The online course described in this article presents prevention strategies from the institutional and individual levels. These are reinforced by video case studies of five real-life incidents with key learning points discussed. Results: The physical and psychological consequences of workplace assaults can result in higher absenteeism, increased turnover, decreased job satisfaction, lower productivity, and a host of other negative outcomes. Discussion: Preventing these negative outcomes is beneficial to the nurse, the patients, and the organization. This course provides a convenient interactive tool that uses units approximately 20 minutes in duration with stop and pick up where you left off capabilities. Conclusion: The free online course will be available starting in the summer or fall of 2012. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Education Health Personnel Occupational Health Safety Staff Development Violence
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Education Health-care-personnel Injury-prevention Injury Prevention Nurses Prevention Research: Qualitative Research: Quantitative Safety Issues Surveillance Training Violence-prevention

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• ISSN:
  0278-4807
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  202-206
• Volume:
  37
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20041119
• Citation:
  Rehabil Nurs 2012 Jul-Aug; 37(4):202-206
• Email:
  dsh3@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2012
• NORA Priority Area:
  Healthcare and Social Assistance
• Performing Organization:
  Vida Health Communications, Inc., Westwood, Massachusetts
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20070901
• Source Full Name:
  Rehabilitation Nursing
• End Date:
  20120831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:100a854429fa53a964135cf490d0644ba4ff1b1a038002c0652c1f984ebfa35da0ad99f89583135958b85a55bdbf3b61fac69db789c2741e4ae6c7aa0c722938
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/193759/cdc_193759_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 589.45 KB ]