Overview
A new initiative has been introduced to educate nurses, health care workers, and social services workers on how to prevent workplace violence where you work. Write a 750–1,000-word article on workplace violence and prevention measures for the hospital employee newsletter.
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria :
- Competency 1: Explain the effect of health care policies, legislation, and legal issues on health care delivery and patient outcomes.
- Identify the political, legal, and/or legislative factors that may contribute to violence in health care settings.
- Competency 2: Explain the effect of regulatory environments and controls on health care delivery and patient outcomes.
- Identify the main components of OSHA’s workplace violence prevention guidelines.
- Explain the American Nursing Association’s position on violence in the workplace.
- Explain safety policies and protocols for preventing and responding to violence against health care workers.
- Competency 4: Communicate in a manner that is consistent with expectations of nursing professionals.
- Write content clearly and logically, with correct use of grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.
- Correctly format citations and references using APA style.
- Assessment Instructions :
- Your workplace has experienced some serious problems with workplace violence that occurred between patients and caregivers. A new initiative has been introduced to educate nurses, health care workers, and social services workers on how to prevent workplace violence. You have been asked to write an article on workplace violence and prevention measures for the hospital employee newsletter.
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Preparation
Search the Capella library and the Internet for scholarly and professional peer-reviewed articles on workplace violence. You will need at least five articles to use as support for your work on this assessment. -
Directions
Write a 750–1,000-word article (3–4 pages) on workplace violence and prevention measures for the hospital employee newsletter. Address the following in your article:- Identify the political, legal, and/or legislative factors that may contribute to violence in health care settings. Consider the types of patients that may be treated within a clinical or hospital setting.
- Compare OSHA regulations and the ANA position statement on workplace violence to organizational policies.
- Explain safety policies and protocols for preventing and responding to violence against health care workers.
- Additional Requirements
Your presentation should meet the following requirements: - Written communication: Written communication should be free of errors that detract from the overall message.
- References: Cite a minimum of five resources, with the majority being peer-reviewed sources. Your reference list should be appropriate to the body of literature available on this topic that has been published in the past 5 years.
- APA format: Resources and citations should be formatted according to current APA style and formatting.
- Length: 750– 1,000 words or 3–4 typed, double-spaced pages, excluding title page and reference page. Use Microsoft Word to complete the assessment.
- Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12-point.
- I submitted a first paper and was non compliance; this is the professor’s feedback:
1-Non-Performance
Does not identify the political, legal, and/or legislative factors that may contribute to violence in health care settings.
Faculty Comments:“
I did not see where you identified any political, legal, or legislative factors that may contribute to violence in health care settings. What are the actual laws that may lead to workplace violence. Additionally, you could include real-world examples. This is required for a higher performance. Please incorporate the scoring guide criteria in the 2nd attempt revision. In addition, please remember to highlight any added information. Thanks!
2-Non-Performance
Does not identify the main components of OSHA’s workplace violence prevention guidelines.
Faculty Comments:“
I did not see this area of the scoring guide addressed in the paper. Can you identify the main components of OSHA’s workplace violence prevention guidelines? Also, you could suggest benchmarks to determine if the guidelines are being followed. In addition, please remember to highlight any added information. Thanks!
3-Non-Performance
Does not explain the American Nursing Association’s position on violence in the workplace.
Faculty Comments:“
I did not see this section of the scoring guide address in the paper. Can you explain the American Nursing Association’s position on workplace violence? In addition, could you compare it to your organization’s policies. This is needed for a higher performance score. In addition, please remember to highlight any added information. Thanks!
4-Non-Performance
Does not explain safety policies and protocols for preventing and responding to violence against health care workers.
Faculty Comments:“
I did not see this section of the scoring guide address in the paper. Can you explain the safety policies and protocols for preventing and responding to violence against health care workers? Additionally, can you examine the effectiveness of such policies on preventing violent cases. This is needed for a higher performance score. In addition, please remember to highlight any added information. Thanks!
5-Non-Performance
Does not format citations and references using APA style.
Faculty Comments:“
The paper was not in correct APA format. Next step, as you make your revisions, is to reach out to your tutor for assistance. Consider using the Smarthinking program link on the course room homepage. I hope that you will also use the supplemental resource link on the course room homepage to link you to many helpful APA resources. There is also a sample paper located in the instructions to this assessment that will be a good example to review for format. In addition, here’s a link to APA formatting that may be helpful: http://www.apastyle.org/learn/tutorials/basics-tutorial.aspx
