Workplace violence (WPV) is a prevalent phenomenon, especially in the healthcare setting. WPV against healthcare workers (HCWs) has increased during the COVID-19 epidemic. This meta-analysis determined the prevalence and risk factors of WPV. A database search was conducted across six databases ...
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 ...
•Preventing Workplace Violence: Legal Issues and Operational Risk Management Everbridge is trusted by more than 1,100 of the country’s leading hospitals to keep people safe, and operations running. To learn how the Everbridge Critical Event Management platform is used every day in hospitals to...
Overview: How safe is your healthcare facility from workplace violence? Workplace violence against healthcare workers can be significantly reduced with a comprehensive violence prevention program. This webinar will outline common risk factors for violence, the basics elements of a violence prevention ...
By: July 18, 2022 09:57 AM Credit: Bryan Murray, HIMSS Senior Graphic DesignerEven before the COVID-19 pandemic, violence against clinicians was a pressing concern for the healthcare industry – with violence about four times more prevalent in healthcare than in any other industry. The pand...
Workplace violence is an underreported problem, and there are few studies on workplace external violence (WEV) in healthcare workers. The aim objective of this study is to estimate prevalence of the WEV among healthcare workers and to characterize it. METHODS. Cross-sectional study among ...
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...
Healthcare providers (HP) work in high-stress situations, interacting with patients and families who are often in crisis. HPs who work in safety net clinics, which provide care to uninsured, Medicaid recipients and other vulnerable populations, interact with patients who are frequently frustrated by...
Workplace violence (WPV) has a spectrum of forms. In more extreme forms it generally is low frequency but has high impact when it occurs. Healthcare systems' efforts to reduce Burnout are more likely to remain sustained since the impact is experienced daily and awareness is increasingly ...
OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of physical and psychological violence amongst the medical staff in the eight public polyclinics of Barbados. DESIGN AND METHODS: A cross sectional study was conducted utilising a modified version of the standard Workplace Violence Questionnaire by the World Healt...