Workplace Violence Prevention Course for Nurses

Details

• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Healthcare workers face the risk of physical and non-physical violence on the job. In 2014, more than 9,000 healthcare professionals experienced workplace violence related injuries that required days away from work. To address this issue, NIOSH developed an award-winning, online Workplace Violence Prevention Course for Nurses. This course educates healthcare professionals on the scope and nature of violence and how to prevent it in the workplace. Publication withdrawn in October 2023. To obtain a copy of a previous version of this communication product please contact CDC Info 1-800-CDC-INFO (1-800-232-4636) - TTY: 1-888-232-6348 - cdc.gov/info. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Education Health Personnel Occupational Health Safety Software Staff Development Violence
• Keywords:
  Health care; Health care personnel; Health care workers; Nurses; Nursing; Health protection; Violence; Violence prevention; Training; Education; Safety education; Computer applications; Computer programs; Surveillance; Injuries; Injury prevention; Lost work days
• Source:
  Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2017-114, 2016 Dec; :1
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB2017114
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Place as Subject:
  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:
  1 pdf page
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20049025
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2017
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:5f7cd3a11706c51eb14fb815aba651eacf36bff8eb4e0be7e307a81aea8d5a4519d10d5dfeef444fbf3860af7b126b0ef8babd507c26d68dcafb9b4b1825453b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/43132/cdc_43132_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 727.15 KB ]