The article offers a guide for nurses to defusing potentially dangerous situations and to protecting themselves from workplace violence. It provides an overview of the exposure of emergency department (ED) staff in the U.S. to violence in the workplace. It discusses the role of anxiety...
Protecting against workplace violence. (protection for workers to be given by the federal, state and local governments)Protecting against workplace violence. (protection for workers to be given by the federal, state and local governments)Barrett, Stephen...
OSHA has released an update to its Guidelines for Preventing Workplace Violence for Healthcare and Social Service Workers, including industry best practices and highlights the most effective ways to reduce the risk of violence in various healthcare and social service settings. In 2013, the B...
In the last decade there has been a significantnshift in focus on workplace violence as an occupationalnhealth concern. T... John Howard - 《Work A Journal of Prevention Assessment & Rehabilitation》 被引量: 0发表: 2018年 2. Workplace Violence Summary This chapter provides an introduction ...
One of the first legislative attempts to reduce gender discrimination in the workplace was the Equal Pay Act. The act was to give equal wages to workers across the board for the same work regardless of race, religion, national origin, or sex. [Pictured: President John F. Kennedy signs the...
About 1 million workers are assaulted and more than 1,000 are murdered every year -- an average of some 20 homicides every week -- in acts of workplace violence, according to statistics reported by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Homicide in the workplace was ...
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Provides tips to protect yourself from violence in the workplace in the U.S. Consideration on the behavioral phases of violence; Identification of immediate escape route; Availability of employee assistance programs. INSETS: Diagnoses that raise red flags;What to expect from a violence prevention ...
, Violence at Work: Causes, patterns and preventions (pp.151-164). Devon: Willan Publishing.Barron O. Why workplace bullying and violence are different: protecting employees from both. In: Gill M, Fisher M, Bowie V, eds. Violence at work: causes, patterns and prevention. Devon: Willan;...
Workplace Violence: Protecting Employees Without Violating the Law.Nelson, Matthew