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 December 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:
State the reasons why employees may ignore fire alarms in the workplace.
Discuss why the authors examined theory-based belief factors when the behavior of interest was “leaving the building immediately the next time I hear a fire alarm at work”.
Describe the recommended “weighted” prioritization scheme in developing interventions to facilitate immediate evacuation in response to a fire alarm.
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.
high economic costs due to property damage, but no loss of life a 16% increase in fire related deaths a 27% increase in fire related deaths no increase in fire related deaths
locations of assembly, educational settings, hospitals, and prisons sports stadiums, educational settings, and hospitals boat houses, abandoned buildings and hospitals factories, warehouses, and lumber yards
they underestimate how quickly fire spreads they deem the alarm to be false they experience alarm fatigue due to multiple drills or “false alarms” they assume someone else is responsible for initiating evacuation All the above
74% of those who evacuated were delayed 11% thought the situation was minor individuals prioritized gathering items and seeking out colleagues All the above None of the above
Identify factors that lead to non-residential fires Identify factors that lead to experiencing “alarm fatigue” in the workplace Identify belief factors that lead to employees’ intent to evacuate Identify belief factors that lead to employees’ ignorance of fire safety rules
The behavior of interest in this study was: Leaving the office building immediately the next time I hear a fire alarm at work pulling a fire alarm when I was worried about the possibility of injury due to a fire reporting problems or questions associated with the evacuation delaying evacuation to gather items or contact colleagues
level of education in occupational health and safety level in the work hierarchy, especially if responsible for the safety and health department level of knowledge of safety and occupational health factors the belief factors instrumental attitude, experiential attitude, Injunctive norm, descriptive norm, and capacity
others like them would leave in response to a fire alarm and supervisors and safety personnel would approve of leaving when a fire alarm is heard employees’ experience in prior disasters and whether the safety procedures were effective employees’ feelings about fire drills and job satisfaction employees’ feelings about their physical ability to move quickly when a fire alarm was activated