Workplace violence

According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BIS), workplace violence affects 1.7 million people each year. The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) reported 11,613 workplace homicide victims between 1992 and 2006. Averaging just under 800 homicides per year, the largest number of homicides in one year occurred in 1994, while the lowest number occurred in 2006 (CDC). This has become a serious concern and companies now have to take a stand to protect their

Lateral violence in the workplace Lona A Smeltzer Southern New Hampshire University Lateral violence in the workplace Abstract This paper explores five published articles as they relate to the concept of Lateral violence (LV) within the nursing profession and how it directly affects the work environment. The concept of LV is also known as abusive behavior, horizontal violence, bullying, aggression, horizontal hostility, verbal abuse or “nurses eating their young”. There are four

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) characterizes workplace violence as a demonstration of animosity coordinated toward persons at work or on duty, extending from hostile or debilitating language to homicide. Workplace violence is a major occupational hazard for healthcare providers local and global and needs more media and public attention. A report done by the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, an estimated 1.7 million workers are injured each year due to assaults

Evaluation Criteria and Means of Measure Successful national policy implementation on healthcare associated workplace violence is achieved through broad culture change. As CMS has targeted focus on the Culture of Safety, the timing is ideal to continue to take steps to further this change. As the goals of a healthcare related workplace violence policy include: a reduction in workplace violence; a system to track and trend high-risk and/or repeat offenders; and an expansion of resources available to

never be allowed in an office setting. It’s as if a different set of rules exist. Within this atmosphere I have seen structural violence in how men treat women in the workplace. In my experience, a majority of the male employees speak and act inappropriately. The men that don’t partake sit quiet without objection. Their silence communicates acceptance. The structural violence is exercised through sexist remarks and domineering (and sometimes hostile) behavior towards female workers. My first job at

exactly the same and it is important to communicate to minimize conflict but embrace and learn from situations when they arise. Conflicts should never be left unresolved as people can grow significantly frustrated and the results can be deadly. Workplace violence has happened many times in the past and scenario #3 could possibly result in such from either the workers or their loved ones. Scenario #3 discusses an SVP, named Robert, who is being completely unprofessional in dealing with his employees.

Reduce Workplace Stress to Reduce Workplace Violence The workplace can be a very stressful environment. Everyone has to be concerned with deadlines, with performance, with interpersonal communication. With each decision comes the potential for repercussions which could cost the company money, time, energy, and lead to the expansion or destruction of the company as a whole and the loss of employment of a single individual or of all those employed in the most dire of situations. In fact, according

providing quality nursing care .violence against nurses of any kind can cause hamper in achieving personal, professional as well as organizational goal So it is major concern in nursing profession. According to CCOHS “workplace violence is any act in which a person is abused, threatened, intimidated or assaulted in his or her employment. Workplace violence includes threatening behaviors, verbal or written threats, verbal and physical attacks. Similarly “Workplace harassment” in the OSHA means “engaging

Effects and Management of Workplace Violence in Nursing Gurdeep Kaur, Virender Kaur, and Ana Tolentino Jimenez California State University, Bakersfield Effects and Management of Workplace Violence in Nursing Workplace violence occurs due to an interpersonal conflict between two or more people that results from differences in their needs, ideas, goals, interests, or values (Marquis and Huston, 2015). Workplace violence is not limited to physical violence; it also includes negative

Preventing Workplace Violence Violence is all around us; we see it portrayed in one form or another everyday. It has become commonplace to see it on TV and in our own environment. To the average person this has become an acceptable part of life, along with taking personal precautions to prevent it from happening to them. However, there are a small few that need attention and see violence as a way to get their message across. Unfortunately, the media is right there to dramatize it for all