Overview

A new initiative has been introduced to educate nurses, health care workers, and social services workers on how to prevent workplace violence where you work. Write a 750–1,000-word article on workplace violence and prevention measures for the hospital employee newsletter.

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:

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• Competency 1: Explain the effect of health care policies, legislation, and legal issues on health care delivery and patient outcomes.
  • Identify the political, legal, and/or legislative factors that may contribute to violence in health care settings.
• Competency 2: Explain the effect of regulatory environments and controls on health care delivery and patient outcomes.
  • Identify the main components of OSHA’s workplace violence prevention guidelines.
  • Explain the American Nursing Association’s position on violence in the workplace.
  • Explain safety policies and protocols for preventing and responding to violence against health care workers.
• Competency 4: Communicate in a manner that is consistent with expectations of nursing professionals.
  • Write content clearly and logically, with correct use of grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.
  • Correctly format citations and references using APA style.

  Context

  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) (2002) defines workplace violence as any physical assault, threatening behavior, or verbal abuse occurring in the workplace. Violence includes overt and covert behaviors ranging in aggressiveness from verbal harassment to murder.
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  Specific to hospital workers, studies by the Institute for Occupational safety and Health (NIOSH) show that:Violence often takes place during times of high activity and interaction with patients, such as at meal times and during visiting hours and patient transportation. Assaults may occur when service is denied, when a patient is involuntarily admitted, or when a health care worker attempts to set limits on eating, drinking, or tobacco or alcohol use. (2002, para. 4)

  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

• Suggested Resources

• Internet Resources

  Access the following resources by clicking the links provided. Please note that URLs change frequently. Permissions for the following links have been either granted or deemed appropriate for educational use at the time of course publication.

  • American Nurses Association. (2015). ANA Official Position Statements. Retrieved from https://www.nursingworld.org/practice-policy/nursi…
    • Scroll down to Incivility, Bullying, and Workplace Violence.
  • United States Department of Labor, Occupational Health & Safety Administration. (n.d.). Workplace violence. Retrieved from https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/healthcarefacilities/vio…
  • United States Department of Labor, Occupational Health and Safety Administration. (n.d.). Workplace violence prevention – Health care and social service workers. Retrieved from https://www.osha.gov/dte/library/wp-violence/healt…
  • AACN. (n.d.). Position statement: Workplace violence prevention. Retrieved from http://www.aacn.org/WD/Practice/Docs/Workplace_Vio…
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. (n.d.). Occupational violence. Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/violence/training_…
  • Liss, G. M. (2000). Violence in the health care workplace. CMAJ, 162(4). Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC123115…

  Assessment Instructions

  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.

  Nursing and Workplace Violence Scoring Guide

  CRITERIA	NON-PERFORMANCE	BASIC	PROFICIENT	DISTINGUISHED
  Identify the political, legal, and/or legislative factors that may contribute to violence in health care settings.	Does not identify the political, legal, and/or legislative factors that may contribute to violence in health care settings.	Identifies the political, legal, and/or legislative factors that may contribute to violence in health care settings but the response is inaccurate or incomplete.	Identifies the political, legal, and/or legislative factors that may contribute to violence in health care settings.	Identifies the political, legal, and/or legislative factors that may contribute to violence in health care settings, and provides real-world examples that demonstrate in-depth understanding.
  Identify the main components of OSHA’s workplace violence prevention guidelines.	Does not identify the main components of OSHA’s workplace violence prevention guidelines.	Identifies the components of OSHA’s workplace violence prevention guidelines but the response is inaccurate or incomplete.	Identifies the main components of OSHA’s workplace violence prevention guidelines.	Explains the main components of OSHA’s workplace violence prevention guidelines and suggests benchmarks to determine if the guidelines are being followed.
  Explain the American Nursing Association’s position on violence in the workplace.	Does not explain the American Nursing Association’s position on violence in the workplace.	Identifies but does not explain the American Nursing Association’s position on violence in the workplace.	Explains the American Nursing Association’s position on violence in the workplace.	Explains the American Nursing Association’s position on violence in the workplace and compares it to organizational policies on workplace violence.
  Explain safety policies and protocols for preventing and responding to violence against health care workers.	Does not explain safety policies and protocols for preventing and responding to violence against health care workers.	Lists the safety policies and protocols for preventing and responding to violence against health care workers but the content is incomplete or missing important elements.	Explains safety policies and protocols for preventing and responding to violence against health care workers.	Explains safety policies and protocols for preventing and responding to violence against health care workers and reflects on their effectiveness.
  Write content clearly and logically, with correct use of grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.	Does not write content clearly, logically, or with correct use of grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.	Writes with errors in clarity, logic, grammar, punctuation, or mechanics.	Writes content clearly and logically, with correct use of grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.	Writes clearly and logically, with correct use spelling, grammar, punctuation, and mechanics, and uses relevant evidence to support a central idea.
  Correctly format paper citations and references using APA style.	Does not format citations and references using APA style.	Formats citations and references with errors.	Correctly formats citations and references using APA style. Citations contain a few errors.	Correctly formats citations and references using APA style. Citations are free from all errors.