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When a 2 year old yells at you do you scream back?

When a 2 year old yells at you do you scream back?

Post-incident response and evaluation are essential to an effective violence prevention program. All workplace violence programs should provide comprehensive treatment for employees who are victimized personally or may be traumatized by witnessing a workplace violence incident. Injured staff should receive prompt treatment and psychological evaluation whenever an assault takes place, regardless of its severity. Provide the injured transportation to medical care if it is not available onsite.

Victims of workplace violence suffer a variety of consequences in addition to their actual physical injuries. These may include:

• Short- and long-term psychological trauma;
• Fear of returning to work;
• Changes in relationships with coworkers and family;
• Feelings of incompetence, guilt, powerlessness; and
• Fear of criticism by supervisors or managers.

Consequently, a strong follow-up program for these employees will not only help them to deal with these problems but also help prepare them to confront or prevent future incidents of violence.

Several types of assistance can be incorporated into the post-incident response. For example, trauma-crisis counseling, critical-incident stress debriefing or employee assistance programs may be provided to assist victims. Certified employee assistance professionals, psychologists, psychiatrists, clinical nurse specialists or social workers may provide this counseling or the employer may refer staff victims to an outside specialist. In addition, the employer may establish an employee counseling service, peer counseling or support groups.

Counselors should be well trained and have a good understanding of the issues and consequences of assaults and other aggressive, violent behavior. Appropriate and promptly rendered post-incident debriefings and counseling reduce acute psychological trauma and general stress levels among victims and witnesses. In addition, this type of counseling educates staff about workplace violence and positively influences workplace and organizational cultural norms to reduce trauma associated with future incidents.

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bookmark this and copy it. take it to your next staff meeting. it takes guts to stand up for yourself and other nurses. do it.

one poster was concerned about using the eap due to confidentiality issues. while i understand the concern i would point out that they are not employees of the facility. they are independent contractors who would risk their livelihood if they violated hipaa. the facility hires them for their skills, knowledge, and licenses. they are to be utilized to assist workers to be able to continue to work at the facility. it costs a great deal of money to train new workers all the time so keeping workers is important to facilities. increased use of this resource shows the employer there is a problem. it takes a great deal of evidence for an institution to change. that cannot happen if the players run away from a facility only to land in another with the same issues. well run places embrace employee suggestions because that means they are invested in making it better. i read "hotel service", "hilton" , blah, blah. the most successful hotel chains value the input from their staff.

those of you who give all this power to the employer are sheep who are being pushed. if you want to be a lamb, fine. if you want to be a nurse, advocate for your patients, support your co-workers, effect change for the better than you can no longer be the sheep in the flock. as you continue in your flock mentality you lose your healthy mind and are left with mental health issues or use chemicals to subdue your urges to hurt yourself or someone else. no job is worth this. if you leave your chances of being hired by another place that has flock mentality is high. who will have the vacancies to fill? those who cannot keep employees. you become part of the downward spiral of poor care instead of the nurse you were wanting to be.