Workplace violence is becoming one of the most complex and dangerous occupational hazards facing nurses working in the health care industry today. According to Blando et al (2014), “healthcare workers are nearly four times more likely to be injured and require time away from work as a result of workplace violence (WPV) than all workers in the private sector combined”. And currently in today’s world, violence episodes are increasing because of complacency, not regulated, or under reported. This paper will explore the different advocacy strategies for nurses proposed by the American Nurses Association (ANA) to address workplace violence. In addition, it will also address the individual and organizational benefit of membership to a professional organization.
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Some may describe workplace violence as an act of aggression, threatening behavior, or physical assault that occurs in a work setting which causes physical or emotional harm to patients, families, or healthcare workers. “In a 2011 health and safety survey of more than 4,600 nurses, the American Nurses Association (ANA) found 11% of respondents had been physically assaulted in the previous 12 months while just more than 50% said they had been threatened or verbally abused (LaGrossa, 2013)”. In contrast to other professions, the healthcare environment is in the forefront for violence. If you put a number of anxious people in a room together, add pain, add some inevitable delays, and you know have conditions that are positive for a violent outburst. As a result, physical violence against nurses has become an increasing endemic problem in the health care arena and researchers have identified that it affects nurses in nearly all work environments, as well as any region of the
ANA and workplace violence …show more content…
Some may describe workplace violence as an act of aggression, threatening behavior, or physical assault that occurs in a work setting which causes physical or emotional harm to patients, families, or healthcare workers. “In a 2011 health and safety survey of more than 4,600 nurses, the American Nurses Association (ANA) found 11% of respondents had been physically assaulted in the previous 12 months while just more than 50% said they had been threatened or verbally abused (LaGrossa, 2013)”. In contrast to other professions, the healthcare environment is in the forefront for violence. If you put a number of anxious people in a room together, add pain, add some inevitable delays, and you know have conditions that are positive for a violent outburst. As a result, physical violence against nurses has become an increasing endemic problem in the health care arena and researchers have identified that it affects nurses in nearly all work environments, as well as any region of the