II. Definitions
- Workplace Violence
- Work site act or threat of physical Violence, harassment, intimidation or other disruptive behavior
III. Example: Emergency Department
- Healthcare is second only to law enforcement as site of Workplace Violence
- 80% of ED workers report daily or weekly Violence
- 75% had to call police for at least one of these incidents
- Behaviors include spitting, biting, punching or attacking with an object
- Other behaviors include name calling, sexual harassment
- Emergency department factors
- Patients experience long wait times, in over crowded conditions and understaffed EDs
- EDs allow for unrestricted movement, often with inadequate security and policies
- Intoxicated, psychotic, delirious and demented patients are prone to Violence
- Resources
- Emergency Nursing Association
- OSHA Preventing Violence in Healthcare
- References
- Mason and Forder-Baker in Herbert (2019) EM:Rap 19(1): 8-9
IV. Resources
- OSHA
- Department of Labor
- National Safety Council
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| Definition (MSH) | Threatened or actual attempt to harm others at place of employment. |
| Concepts | Social Behavior (T054) |
| MSH | D064450 |
| English | Violences, Workplace, Workplace Violences, Violence, Workplace, Workplace Violence |
| Czech | násilí na pracovišti |
| French | Violence sur le lieu de travail, Violence en milieu de travail, Violence au travail |
| German | Gewalt am Arbeitsplatz |
| Italian | Violenza sul posto di lavoro |
| Norwegian | Vold på arbeidsplassen |
| Russian | NASILIE NA RABOCHEM MESTE, НАСИЛИЕ НА РАБОЧЕМ МЕСТЕ |
