PSQH: The Podcast Episode 111 – The Need for Workplace Violence Prevention Training in Healthcare
On episode 111 of PSQH: The Podcast, Tony Jace, CEO of the Crisis Prevention Institute, talks about the level of workplace violence faced by healthcare professionals and how to improve training.
Understanding Healthcare Labor Unrest in Three Words: Overworked, Understaff, Underpaid
The recently completed three-day walkout by more than 75,000 Kaiser Permanente workers—reportedly the largest healthcare sector strike in U.S. history—is technically over, but the issues that prompted the walkout, essentially staffing and compensation, have not been resolved.
How to Address Unprofessionalism in Healthcare Settings
Healthcare organizations need to develop a plan to promote professionalism among their staff members, according to an expert at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.
Florida Healthcare Facility Cited for Nearly 200 Workplace Violence Incidents in 2022
According to the federal probe, workers at the UHS of Delaware Inc.-Wekiva Springs Center LLC (operating as Wekiva Springs Hospital) were assaulted, confined by patients, and suffered broken bones, concussions, and wounds from being scratched, bitten, punched, and kicked.
Dealing With Life’s Daily Crisis Moments in Healthcare
A new survey by the Crisis Prevention Institute takes a deep dive into workplace violence in healthcare, finding that 40% of the 3,155 respondents believe their staff feel comfortable addressing a workplace violence crisis.
Nearly 80% of Nurses Have Seen or Experienced Workplace and Nursing School Discrimination
RWJF examined nurses’ experiences and perceptions of racism and discrimination in both healthcare settings and nursing schools through a nationwide survey of nearly 1,000 nurses from March 2022 through April 2022 conducted by research organization NORC at the University of Chicago.
What Workplace Violence Prevention Can Learn From Emergency Management
The survey found that most respondents believed that their organizations are extremely or very well prepared for incidents like a fire (75%) and severe weather or a natural disaster (64%). By comparison, 40% believed that their workplace is extremely or very well prepared for an active assailant incident.
One-Fifth of Nurses Intend to Leave the Workforce by 2027
The study is considered to be the most comprehensive and only research in existence uncovering the alarming data reflecting the pandemic’s far-reaching and distressing implications for the healthcare system. The research was gathered as part of a biennial nursing workforce study conducted by NCSBN and the National Forum of State Nursing Workforce Centers.
The Answer to Workplace Incivility? Good Managers
Effective managers remain pivotal to retaining employees in the face of rising rates of workplace incivility, says a report released today. One in four employees reported experiencing rude, disrespectful, or aggressive behavior in the workplace, according to the new meQuilibrium Self Check survey of 5,483 employees.
The Strategies One Nursing School Used to Combat Workplace Incivility
With 85% of nurses reporting incivility in healthcare, creating a culture of civility beginning in nursing school and extending into the workplace, is crucial to healthy environments and safe patient care, according to the study, which outlines a particular nursing program’s efforts to address incivility.