What is harassment and violence? Harassment is the act of systemic or continued unwanted actions of a party or group. It could be racial profiling, trying to force someone to quit a job, or just to make someone fearful of someone. Violence is a behavior that involves someone physically forcing or hurting a person or something. Harassment and violence is a major issue in the workplace of many. Getting to know the descriptions and examples of specific types of harassment and violence, appropriate ways to recognize and respond to harassment and violence, harassment and violence that nurses are subject to during their careers and resources available to the victims are main topics that will be focused on. There are many types of violence and
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Most physical violence becomes assault. People uses weapons and other objects to forcefully make people do what they want them to do. Physical violence isn’t always just physical. Threats with objects such as weapons are considered physical violence. People who have been subjected to physical violence abuse by being deliberately put on in extreme room temperatures as a punishment. With most cases, murder is the end result. Physical violence could also be medication abuse such as withholding medication and making a person not comply with prescription. Other types of physical violence could be tying a person to an object, making a person stay in bed, and using a medication as a sedation. Physical violence can also result in sexual violence. Sexual violence is when someone forcibly make someone take part in a sexual activity they do not want to engage in. A peeping tom is someone who looks at someone in a private setting and invading privacy. People purposely expose people to dangerous infections such s HIV/AIDS and put others at risk for contracting it. This is known as a sexual violence. Emotional violence could cohort with this if the person actually contracted the disease. Name calling, blaming all relationships problems on one side, using the …show more content…
The problem is, is knowing it is harassment and violence and how to respond to it. Recognizing the levels of violence and the response could help with the violence in the workplace. When there is a potential violent situation in the workplace among people, it usually escalates before the situation is defused. That is why it’s so important to know the warning signs. There are 3 levels of warning signs to look for and different ways to respond to it. In level one a person might be verbally abusive, uncooperative, disrespectful, and intimidating. There are several ways to respond to the warning signs that occur at level one. First you would observe the behavior that you have seen prior. Then the person should report any concern to a supervisor or somebody in charge. The person should also document the behavior. In level 2, the person might escalate the situation to actual violence. The person might argue with other co-workers, refuse to obey agency protocol, sabotages and steal company equipment, and send threatening notes to co-workers. Response to violence that escalates to level 2 would be to call 911 if need to be, contact the supervisor or the person in charge, secure the safety of yourself and others, and document the behavior and the situation. In level 3, the situation of violence has further escalated, that usually results in an emergency response. The person might have suicidal thoughts, physical
Most physical violence becomes assault. People uses weapons and other objects to forcefully make people do what they want them to do. Physical violence isn’t always just physical. Threats with objects such as weapons are considered physical violence. People who have been subjected to physical violence abuse by being deliberately put on in extreme room temperatures as a punishment. With most cases, murder is the end result. Physical violence could also be medication abuse such as withholding medication and making a person not comply with prescription. Other types of physical violence could be tying a person to an object, making a person stay in bed, and using a medication as a sedation. Physical violence can also result in sexual violence. Sexual violence is when someone forcibly make someone take part in a sexual activity they do not want to engage in. A peeping tom is someone who looks at someone in a private setting and invading privacy. People purposely expose people to dangerous infections such s HIV/AIDS and put others at risk for contracting it. This is known as a sexual violence. Emotional violence could cohort with this if the person actually contracted the disease. Name calling, blaming all relationships problems on one side, using the …show more content…
The problem is, is knowing it is harassment and violence and how to respond to it. Recognizing the levels of violence and the response could help with the violence in the workplace. When there is a potential violent situation in the workplace among people, it usually escalates before the situation is defused. That is why it’s so important to know the warning signs. There are 3 levels of warning signs to look for and different ways to respond to it. In level one a person might be verbally abusive, uncooperative, disrespectful, and intimidating. There are several ways to respond to the warning signs that occur at level one. First you would observe the behavior that you have seen prior. Then the person should report any concern to a supervisor or somebody in charge. The person should also document the behavior. In level 2, the person might escalate the situation to actual violence. The person might argue with other co-workers, refuse to obey agency protocol, sabotages and steal company equipment, and send threatening notes to co-workers. Response to violence that escalates to level 2 would be to call 911 if need to be, contact the supervisor or the person in charge, secure the safety of yourself and others, and document the behavior and the situation. In level 3, the situation of violence has further escalated, that usually results in an emergency response. The person might have suicidal thoughts, physical