Workplace health & safety
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Workplace health & safety · Jan 2015
Violence against nurses in emergency departments in jordan: nurses' perspective.
Violence against nurses in emergency departments (EDs) has become a widespread phenomenon affecting nurses' job satisfaction and work performance. Literature is scarce regarding prevalence rates and causes of violence directed toward nurses in Jordan. The present study investigated violence experienced by Jordanian nurses in EDs and causes of violence from their perspectives. ⋯ According to participants, the most common causes of violence in the ED were crowding and workload (75.9%), and the least was care of patients with dementia or Alzheimer's disease (35.6%). Violence is common in Jordanian EDs, giving rise to many heath and behavioral consequences. Health care administrators are obligated to protect nurses from violent incidents by providing adequate safety measures, beneficial administrative procedures, and sincere efforts to overcome the causes of this phenomenon.
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Occupational and environmental health nurses must monitor credible sources for accurate information, provide timely education to workers, and ensure adequate workplace policies to protect their workforce against Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS).
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Body Mass Index is a useful screening measure, but there are limitations to consider when using it to evaluate body fat.
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Occupational and environmental health nurses should be aware of bath salts and spice as drugs of abuse that have increased in recent years and educate workers and management about their harmful effects.
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Bullying in the nursing workplace has been identified as a factor that affects patient outcomes and increases occupational stress and staff turnover. The purpose of this project was to assess registered nurses' perceived exposure to workplace bullying. ⋯ The results of this study suggest that workplace bullying remains a problem for which reduction strategies must be devised as a means of retaining nurses and preventing adverse outcomes. One strategy shown to be effective in curbing bullying is assertiveness and aggression training for nurses.