Reader reaction: Leaders’ role in stopping workplace violence
Dear Editor, After reading the article “Leaders’ Role in Stopping Workplace Violence” in the September 2020 issue, I am in agreeance with the author…
Workplace Violence/Abuse
Leaders’ role in stopping workplace violence
Develop a sustainable plan that includes support and follow-up. Takeaways: The key to a successful workplace violence prevention program begins at the top with…
Responding to reports of retaliation against nurses
ANA is disturbed about reports of employers retaliating against nurses and other healthcare workers for raising legitimate concerns about their personal safety while caring…
Home care safety
Home care is unique, placing nurses and other healthcare professionals in patients’ homes and personal space, and doesn’t include typical healthcare organization requirements.
Mentoring in the age of new nursing
My first job in nursing was on a medical oncology floor where there was a lot of bullying. I was a new nurse so…
Advanced care of patients with cognitive impairment
In 2016 at PeaceHealth Saint Joseph Medical Center (PeaceHealth), a 256-bed facility in Bellingham, WA, a pattern emerged during a routine caregiver assault incident…
High physician suicide rates: Nursing interventions
How can physicians give patients the care and compassion they don’t receive themselves? (more…)
Nurse suicide: Prevention and grief management
In the article “Grief management after a nurse’s death”, we provided guidelines for helping healthcare organizations support staff as they grieve a colleague’s death.…
Workplace violence prevention legislation passes in U.S. Houseadvisors
The American Nurses Association (ANA) applauded the U.S. House of Representatives for passing the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers…
2020: The Year of the Nurse lifts off
When the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that 2020 would be designated The Year of the Nurse and the Midwife, enthusiasm rippled throughout the…
Reader reaction: Leaders’ role in stopping workplace violence
Dear Editor, After reading the article “Leaders’ Role in Stopping Workplace Violence” in the September 2020 issue, I am in agreeance with…
Leaders’ role in stopping workplace violence
Develop a sustainable plan that includes support and follow-up. Takeaways: The key to a successful workplace violence prevention program begins at the…
Responding to reports of retaliation against nurses
ANA is disturbed about reports of employers retaliating against nurses and other healthcare workers for raising legitimate concerns about their personal safety…
Home care safety
Home care is unique, placing nurses and other healthcare professionals in patients’ homes and personal space, and doesn’t include typical healthcare organization…
Mentoring in the age of new nursing
My first job in nursing was on a medical oncology floor where there was a lot of bullying. I was a new…
Advanced care of patients with cognitive impairment
In 2016 at PeaceHealth Saint Joseph Medical Center (PeaceHealth), a 256-bed facility in Bellingham, WA, a pattern emerged during a routine caregiver…
High physician suicide rates: Nursing interventions
How can physicians give patients the care and compassion they don’t receive themselves? (more…)
Nurse suicide: Prevention and grief management
In the article “Grief management after a nurse’s death”, we provided guidelines for helping healthcare organizations support staff as they grieve a…
Workplace violence prevention legislation passes in U.S. Houseadvisors
The American Nurses Association (ANA) applauded the U.S. House of Representatives for passing the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social…
2020: The Year of the Nurse lifts off
When the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that 2020 would be designated The Year of the Nurse and the Midwife, enthusiasm rippled…