Joint Commission Proposes New Workplace Violence Prevention Requirements
Comments on the new and updated standards for preventing hospital workplace violence are due by February 16.
Comments on the new and updated standards for preventing hospital workplace violence are due by February 16.
The suspect allegedly charged the woman, tackled her to the ground, and threw her in the back of her vehicle before driving off.
Between a global pandemic and increasing hospital violence, 2020 has been a challenging and unpredictable year for the healthcare sector.
Utah Valley Hospital is also experiencing a significant increase in callers asking if the ICU is actually full.
In El Paso, Texas, morgues have started paying jail inmates $2 an hour to help transport the bodies of COVID-19 victims.
The move is opposed by the North Dakota Nurses Association.
The nurses’ COVID-19-related safety concerns are over inadequate staffing, PPE and testing.
The nurse is speaking out about violence against nurses, which he says has been on the rise during the coronavirus pandemic.
Staff say the nurse entered a COVID patient’s room while only wearing a surgical mask and was in the room for at least 30 minutes.
A year before the shooting, employees said they asked administrators to provide better protection in parking areas but nothing was done.
In this webinar, attendees will learn the observable behaviors people exhibit as they head down a path of violence so we can help prevent the preventable.
This discussion will help participants analyze, understand, and assess their own program effectiveness.