Respond to student in 60 words. This is teacher comment from responses. Also, it is important to elaborate more when responding to classmates to promote an interactive learning environment for you and your peers.

1. Respond to student in 60 words. This is teacher comment from responses. Also, it is important to elaborate more when responding to classmates to promote an interactive learning environment for you and your peers.

Work place violence within the healthcare industry is an issue amongst all healthcare workers, especially registered nurses and nursing aides. Violence in healthcare facilities takes many forms and has different origins, such as verbal threats or physical attacks by patients, gang violence in an emergency department (ED), a distraught family member who may be abusive or even becomes an active shooter, a domestic dispute that spills over into the workplace, coworker bullying, and much more (OSHA). Statistically, health care workers cover under twenty percent of all workplace injuries, but we suffer fifty percent of all assaults, that have been reported of course. OSHA and the Department of Labor have identified risk factors for this cause, to include: lack of facility policies and training, staff shortage, high turnover rate, and not enough security or mental health workers present. Some US states have been proactive and are required to have some form of workplace violence prevention program in place to protect healthcare workers, patients, and visitors. Washington for example, has a plan that covers hospitals, home health and hospice facilities that penalizes perpetrators. Their training program is given within 90 days of an employees start date and records of all incidents are kept for five years. I think this is an important step regarding safety amongst all individuals in the hospital setting. Another great idea that was initiated at Providence Behavioral Health Hospital in Holyoke, MA was a technique called “Tapping Out”. This technique is utilized when a healthcare worker is found in a heated verbal altercation with a patient that seems to be escalating, other colleagues are encouraged to recognize these situations so that they may “tap in” by telling their coworker “Hey you have an important phone call, it’s the supervisor”, allowing that person to exit the altercation and a new face to enter the room in hopes to deescalate the situation. I think this is a brilliant strategy and would be effective if shared throughout all hospitals nationwide. No one deserves to be verbally or physically assaulted. Hospitals can be incredibly stressful for both patients and staff. Although, during these times of stress, violence is never the answer.
References
Preventing Workplace Violence: A Road Map for Healthcare Facilities. (n.d.). https://www.osha.gov/sites/default/files/OSHA3827.pdf

2. Select a patient education document from your workplace and evaluate it based on the checklist on page 13-14 of this and share your thoughts https://www.mainehealth.org/-/media/community-education-program-cep/health-literacy/mh-print-guidelines.pdf?la=en 200 words
Patient education on covid. We just have a recent outbreak

3. Login to http://brytewave.redshelf.com/
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password: Mookie88!
Book: Legal and Ethical Issues for Health Professional
Read Pozgar:Ch 14 Patient Rights and Responsibilities
Post in Discussion Board: 200 words
Many individuals are quick to focus on patient rights but what about the individual’s responsibilities?
Describe why the patient’s responsibilities are as important as his or her rights.
Explain the importance of patient rights and responsibilities from both an ethical and legal point of view.

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