Nursing Assistants in Nursing Homes: Prevention Skills, Knowledge and Self-Efficacy in Managing Violent Resident Behaviors

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• Personal Author:
  Fitzwater E ; Gates D
• Description:
  Nursing Assistants (NA) working in nursing homes experience the greatest incidence of workplace assaults of all workers. Aims were to (l) describe NA's experiences with workplace assaults, (2) measure NA's skills in preventing assaults from residents, and (3) to describe NA's perceptions of their knowledge and confidence to prevent assaults from residents. Data are part of a large intervention study aimed at reducing violence agains NAs in nursing homes. Results for NAs (N=138) in six nursing homes include fifty-nine percent of NAs assaulted at least once per week; 16%, daily. NAs demonstrated a major lack of skills to prevent and manage resident assaultive behavior. NAs reported serious deficits in knowledge and confidence in their ability to keep residents from becoming agitated and to decrease resident agitation and aggression. Findings indicate need for training in violence prevention and management to enhance both NA safety and ability to provide resident care. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Health Personnel Occupational Health Safety Violence
• Keywords:
  Health Care Health Care Facilities Health Care Personnel Health Care Workers Nurses Nursing Violence Prevention
• ISSN:
  0016-9013
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  74
• Volume:
  42
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20058692
• Citation:
  Gerontologist 2002 Oct; 42(Special Issue I):74
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2003
• Performing Organization:
  University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  19990930
• Source Full Name:
  55th Annual Scientific Meeting of The Gerontological Society of America November 22-26, 2002, Boston, Massachusetts
• Supplement:
  Special Issue I
• End Date:
  20030929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1ea8df884c44b94ef199eb34198f4944a8d4b8c7bb42344e0d20500f33149ed6ea7cb282d9c366894518729257019a53f1ac279881f79ad2c5e4e6ec718979b5
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/221725/cdc_221725_DS1.pdf
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