Workplace violence is a threatening worldwide public health problem. Healthcare workers have under particular risk of workplace violence, and they are being exposed to violence 4-16 times more than other service workers. The frequency of violence in the health sector in the world has indicated ...
Healthcare workers suffer from a tolerance of workplace violence and the perception that their profession implies the acceptance of that violence. As a result, people who experience violence on a day-to-day basis become habituated to it as a part of the human condition. Violence can be ...
NEW YORK, April 21 (Xinhua) -- Healthcare workers in the United States are six times more likely to experience violence in the workplace than average workers, and the pandemic has worsened the situation, the Quartz news website reported on Wednesday. Around 48 percent of hospital nurses repor...
According to a recent US study, 32% of public healthcare workers have experienced at least one form of nonphysical violence in the workplace during the COVID-19 pandemic. The results of the study were published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. These violent experiences were ...
Male patients were the primary sources of workplace violence against healthcare workers (59.1%). Most violent acts are performed by individuals over 40, and approximately (51%) of violent behavior is attributed to chronically ill individuals. Verbal violence was the highest type of violence ...
Workplace violence occurs in every industry and field; however it is most prevalent in the healthcare environment. Healthcare workers face many obstacles in regards to violence. They are tasked with dealing with difficult patients, who are often at their lowest point. Healthcare staff must be ab...
Workplace violence in the healthcare sector has become a global issue that poses a threat to the safety and well-being of healthcare staff. This study aims to understand and analyze workplace violence experienced by public healthcare workers in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.#This is an observational anal...
Findings are based on emotional labor constructs describing why and how workers use emotion management strategies to smooth communication and relationships with clients/patients. According to our participants, HPs perform emotional labor to de-escalate interactions, prevent WPV, and to develop relationships...
TEAM®, HSS's workplace violence training program, provides healthcare staffs with the tools needed to reduce injuries sustained by patients, staff and visitors.
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