Efforts to prevent workplace violence against nurses

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• Personal Author:
  Hartley D ; Ridenour, Marilyn
• Description:
  The Workplace Violence Prevention for Nurses online course covers workplace violence prevalence by typology, consequences, risk factors, prevention strategies and intervention strategies, and post incident response in the healthcare setting. Each unit is introduced by excerpts from interviews with actual nurses sharing their experiences with workplace violence. Concepts presented throughout the course are reinforced by reenactments of five real-life case studies, including: a) an agitated psychiatric patient in the Emergency Department; b) the husband of a post-partum patient is abusive to his wife's nurse; c) the patient of a home health nurse threatens her with physical harm; d) nurses working in a long-term care facility encounter abusive behavior from facility residents; and e) a frustrated patient expresses anger at a nursing assistant, and then surprises her with a sexual advance. The NIOSH online course offers nurses the opportunity to earn 2.6 free continuing education units. To access the course, visit: https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/violence/training_nurses.html [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Behavior Delivery Of Health Care Education Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Health Personnel Mental Disorders Mental Health Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Safety Management Staff Development Violence Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Behavioral-disorders Employee-exposure Health-care Health-care-facilities Health-care-personnel Injury-prevention Medical-care Medical-facilities Medical-personnel Mental-processes Nurses Nursing Physical-reactions Protective-measures Psychological-responses Risk-factors Safety-education Safety-programs Safety-research Surveillance Training Violence-prevention Work-environment Worker-health

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• Publisher:
  CDC/ATSDR CDC Nurses Work Group (CNWG) Executive Committee
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Newsletter
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; 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:
  4-5
• Issue:
  5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20046433
• Citation:
  CNWG Newsl 2015 Jun; (5):4-5
• Editor(s):
  Raber A; Newsome K; Doss S
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• NORA Priority Area:
  Healthcare and Social Assistance ; Transportation, Warehousing and Utilities
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  CDC Nurses Work Group Newsletter
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ddacdcf9f31d7efe66d8b91e2bccc2a026fefe1f7f5e526ca2d2c3c126355ddcd8bdd07113259d532cc2ef1a217cccaf84b939b54b7c8a7ca2ec2fe74ef5382f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/201493/cdc_201493_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 515.38 KB ]