Abstract
This issue of Workplace Health & Safety contains a Continuing Nursing Education Module for 1.0 contact hour of continuing nursing education credit will be awarded by AAOHN upon successful completion of the posttest and evaluation.
A certificate will be awarded when the following requirements are met by the participant: (1) Participant logs on to the AAOHN LMS website at www.aaohn.org/education/online-learning-center and enrolls in the course ($10 members; $15 non-members); (2) The completed posttest and course evaluation are entered online at http://www.aaohn.org by September 2023; (3) A score of 75% (6 correct answers) is achieved by the participant.
Upon completion of this lesson, the occupational health nurse will be able to:
Identify the number and types of Health Care Workers who experience violent deaths while at work.
Discuss the most common type of fatal injures suffered by Health Care Workers.
The American Association of Occupational Health Nurses, Inc. is an Approved Provider of continuing nursing education by the American Association of Occupational Health Nurses, Inc., an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. The American Association of Occupational Health Nurses, Inc. is additionally approved as a CNE provider by the California Board of Registered Nursing (#CEP9283).
Contact hours received for successful completion of the posttest and evaluation may be used for relicensure, certification, and re-certification.
Workplace violence can manifest as:
Verbal abuse Physical threats and assaults Homicide All the above
Workplace violence affects:
Employees Administrative staff Customers A & C
Workers who feels unsafe in the workplace:
Are emotionally stronger because of the violence Are less able to provide safe patient care Contribute to poor health outcomes Still have high job satisfaction
Exposure to workplace violence can cause stress, distraction, and the possibility of errors in decision making: True False
The purpose of this study was:
To describe physicians that are affected by workplace violence To describe workplace violence that involves nurses in the emergency room (ER) To describe the number and types of healthcare workers experiencing violent deaths in the workplace To describe the workplace violence due to law enforcement intervention
In the current study, data collection involved:
The use of electronic surveys The use of secondary data known as the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) Questionnaires that were passed out in all facilitiesd. Data collected from 1996 to 2016
Data analysis involved:
The use of the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) The use of software for Qualitative Data Analysis The use of Microsoft Excel™ The use of Statistical Analysis System (SAS)
Implications for Occupational Health Nurses (OHNs) include:
The recognition that violent deaths from suicide should be considered a form of workplace violence Adequate organizational preparation that includes enhanced security, communication, and support services for observers and secondary victims All the above