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OverviewDespite decades of attention to the issue of violence in the workplace by individuals and organizations across the health care spectrum, it is still a widespread problem that nurses face every day in their work environment. Designed to spark a conversation and provide actionable tactics to reduce workplace violence, this book offers guidance to practising nurses on how they can better protect themselves against a wide range of unacceptable behaviours. This thought-provoking, action-oriented publication: Outlines the factors that create barriers to efforts to reduce violence toward health care workers across a range of health care and social service settings. Offers strategies and tools that we have found effective in addressing and reducing these barriers. Provides steps that individual workers can take to make themselves safer while at work. Illustrates best practices and case studies from field experience in public sector agency settings such as psychiatric hospitals, institutional and community settings for the developmentally disabled, residential addiction treatment centers, juvenile and adult justice facilities, and community mental health settings. Not Part of the Job also focuses on the critical importance of collective action and building partnerships among workers, patient advocates, administrators, security personnel and others in order to effect change at the organizational level. Nurses and other health care workers will find this book to be an invaluable resource in the move toward a safer workplace and improved patient care. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jane Lipscomb , Matt LondonPublisher: American Nurses Publishing Imprint: American Nurses Publishing ISBN: 9781558105959ISBN 10: 1558105956 Pages: 111 Publication Date: 28 February 2015 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsChapter 1. Why This Book? Chapter 2. How Bad is the Problem? Chapter 3. What You and Your Employer Should Know About the Problem Chapter 4. What Do We Know About Risk Factors for Workplace Violence Chapter 5. Worker Rights and Legal Protections Chapter 6 Regulations, Laws, and Voluntary Standards: How Can You Use Them to Your Advantage? Chapter 7. Workplace Violence Prevention Program (WVPP): OSHA Guidelines Chapter 8 Management Commitment and Employee Involvement Chapter 9. Worksite Analysis Chapter 10. Hazard Prevention and Control Chapter 11. Training and Education Chapter 12. Recordkeeping and Program Evaluation Chapter 13. Working with Local Police and the District Attorney’s Office Chapter 14 Exercising your OSHA Rights Chapter 15. Most of What We Know We Learned from Talking to Workers! Chapter 16. Special Case of Home Visiting by Community Health Workers Chapter 17. More on Activism Appendixes A. Suggested Links and Resources B. APNA 2008 Report Recommendations C. States with OSHA State Plans D. The Joint Commission’s Suggested Actions E. State-Run Psychiatric Hospital Joint Labor Management Committee (selected meeting minutes) F. Environmental Checklist: Violence Prevention Project G. Norfolk, MA District Attorney William R. Keating Report (excerpted) on Workplace Violence, 2007 H. Sample OSHA Citation (Press Releases) I. Labor and Employment J. Baltimore Sun Op Ed 2013 (Jane Lipscomb) References IndexReviewsAuthor InformationDr Jane Lipscomb is a professor at the University of Maryland Schools of Nursing and Medicine and director of the UMB Center for Community-Based Engagement and Learning (CCBEL) in Baltimore, Maryland. She has conducted research into the prevention of occupational injuries and illness in the health care and social service workplace for over 20 years, with a focus on workplace violence prevention. Matt London currently works as a consultant in occupational health and safety, utilizing his training in industrial hygiene and epidemiology and his varied experience as a health and safety professional. He is also currently adjunct professor in the department of Family & Community Health at the University of Maryland School of Nursing and is the East Coast coordinator for the Occupational Health Internship Program (OHIP), a nine-week summer health and safety internship program that places undergraduate and graduate students with labor and community organizations. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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