Nursing And Workplace Violence

Reference

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. (2002). Violence:  Occupational hazards in hospitals. Retrieved from  http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2002-101

Your workplace has experienced some serious problems with workplace  violence that occurred between patients and caregivers. A new initiative  has been introduced to educate nurses, health care workers, and social  services workers on how to prevent workplace violence. You have been  asked to write an article on workplace violence and prevention measures  for the hospital employee newsletter.

Preparation

Search the Capella library and the Internet for scholarly and  professional peer-reviewed articles on workplace violence. You will need  at least five articles to use as support for your work on this  assessment.

Directions

Write a 750–1,000-word article (3–4 pages) on workplace violence  and prevention measures for the hospital employee newsletter. Address  the following in your article: 

• Identify the political, legal, and/or legislative factors that  may contribute to violence in health care settings. Consider the types  of patients that may be treated within a clinical or hospital setting.
• Compare OSHA regulations and the ANA position statement on workplace violence to organizational policies.
• Explain safety policies and protocols for preventing and responding to violence against health care workers.

Additional Requirements

Your presentation should meet the following requirements:

• Written communication: Written communication should be free of errors that detract from the overall message.
• References: Cite a minimum of five resources,  with the majority being peer-reviewed sources. Your reference list  should be appropriate to the body of literature available on this topic  that has been published in the past 5 years.
• APA format: Resources and citations should be formatted according to current APA style and formatting.
• Length: 750– 1,000 words or 3–4 typed,  double-spaced pages, excluding title page and reference page. Use  Microsoft Word to complete the assessment.
• Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12-point.