Registered Nurses on Workplace Hazards: A Challenge to Face
Most people in their average everyday life believe that registered nurses (RNs) do not have difficulties and that it is set as an easy career. However, a few statistics from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) have proven that up to 5.6 million out of the 12.2 million registered nurses suffer from occupational bloodborne pathogens. In addition, between the years of 2012 and 2014 violence in the registered nurses workplace like injuries have increased. It is stated that there was a total of 112 U.S. facilities in 19 states and an estimate of 10,680 reported to OSHA with a recordable count of injuries occurring from January 1, 2012 to September 30, 2014.
Furthermore, statistics from 1992 and 1993 from the Bureau of Labor Statistics …show more content…
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 21 Apr. 2011. Web. 05 Dec. 2016.
Gooch, Kelly. "5 of the Biggest Issues Nurses Face Today." 5 of the Biggest Issues Nurses Face Today. Web. 05 Dec. 2016.
"Hospital ETool: Healthcare Wide Hazards - Glutaraldehyde." Hospital ETool: Healthcare Wide Hazards - Glutaraldehyde. Web. 09 Dec. 2016.
Hughes, Ronda. Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-based Handbook for Nurses. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, 2008. Print.
Institute of Medicine (US) Committee on Enhancing Environmental Health Content in Nursing Practice. "Environmental Hazards for the Nurse as a Worker." Nursing Health, & Environment: Strengthening the Relationship to Improve the Public 's Health. U.S. National Library of Medicine, 01 Jan. 1995. Web. 05 Dec. 2016.
"Pope, A.M., Snyder, M.A., Mood, L.H. (1995). Nursing, Health, & the Environment: Strengthening the Relationship to Improve the Public 's Health. Washington, DC: Institute of Medicine, National Academy Press." Image: The Journal of Nursing Scholarship 28.1 (1996): 81.
Most people in their average everyday life believe that registered nurses (RNs) do not have difficulties and that it is set as an easy career. However, a few statistics from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) have proven that up to 5.6 million out of the 12.2 million registered nurses suffer from occupational bloodborne pathogens. In addition, between the years of 2012 and 2014 violence in the registered nurses workplace like injuries have increased. It is stated that there was a total of 112 U.S. facilities in 19 states and an estimate of 10,680 reported to OSHA with a recordable count of injuries occurring from January 1, 2012 to September 30, 2014.
Furthermore, statistics from 1992 and 1993 from the Bureau of Labor Statistics …show more content…
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 21 Apr. 2011. Web. 05 Dec. 2016.
Gooch, Kelly. "5 of the Biggest Issues Nurses Face Today." 5 of the Biggest Issues Nurses Face Today. Web. 05 Dec. 2016.
"Hospital ETool: Healthcare Wide Hazards - Glutaraldehyde." Hospital ETool: Healthcare Wide Hazards - Glutaraldehyde. Web. 09 Dec. 2016.
Hughes, Ronda. Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-based Handbook for Nurses. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, 2008. Print.
Institute of Medicine (US) Committee on Enhancing Environmental Health Content in Nursing Practice. "Environmental Hazards for the Nurse as a Worker." Nursing Health, & Environment: Strengthening the Relationship to Improve the Public 's Health. U.S. National Library of Medicine, 01 Jan. 1995. Web. 05 Dec. 2016.
"Pope, A.M., Snyder, M.A., Mood, L.H. (1995). Nursing, Health, & the Environment: Strengthening the Relationship to Improve the Public 's Health. Washington, DC: Institute of Medicine, National Academy Press." Image: The Journal of Nursing Scholarship 28.1 (1996): 81.