Preventing Violence in the Healthcare Workplace

Alabama Nurse,  Mar-May 2004  by Carroll, Vicki

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* In 2003, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published "Guidelines for Preventing Workplace Violence for Health Care and Social Service Workers," which lists four main components to any effective safety and health program, as well as preventing workplace violence: 1) management commitment and employee involvement, 2) worksite analysis, 3) hazard prevention and control, and 4) safety and health training.

The Center for American Nurses is a professional association whose mission is to create a community of nursing organizations that supports individual nurses by providing programs, services, and policies that address the concerns of nurses and promote their personal and professional growth.

References:

Carroll V., & Morin, K.H., (1998, Sept./Oct).

Workplace violence affects one-third of nurses. The American Nurse. 15.

Rice, M.M., & Moore, G.P. (1991, February). Management of the violent patient. Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America. Vol. 9, No. 1, 13-30.

by Vicki Carroll, MSN, RN

Reprinted by permission of the Crisis Prevention Institute

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