Rainclouds

Hi I'm an occupational therapy student and have to complete a presentation in harassment within a healthcare setting. My presentation is specifically on one colleague sexually harassing another and one colleague maliciously harassing another. I was just wondering if anyone had any experiance of this that they could share with me in order that I could produce a different slant on the issue of harassment in that I wouldn't just be looking at it from an employer's point of view but also an employee's point of view. Alternatively if anyone could recomend any websites that deal with this issue could you let me know. I'd really appreciate any help anyone could give me Thanks a lot Lara

Thankyou all so much. My prestsntation was earlier today and it went brilliantly. The tutor actually commended me on using the website as a source of information and had me give the address to my classmates so you may see a few more of us floating around. Once again thankyou all for your help and cooperation. Lara

Hi my name is Lara and I'm a first year occupational therapy student from England - whilst I realise that the website is custom made for nurses I hope that you'll forgive me for joining even though I'm training to be a lowly OT. But my reasoning for joining is simple - one of our tutors told us that our most valuble and precious learning tools as an OT is the wealth of knowledge that nurses hold on the aspects of our jobs that coincide - I joined so that perhaps I might be able to tap into that some of that knowledge so that by the time I qualify I will be able to be a better OT.:) As part of my training I have to attend multidisciplinery problem based learning groups - for the latest scenario that we've had to cover we have to research how nurses avoid becoming frustrated when patients won't follow medical advice - a basic outline of the scenario is: A middle aged man with type 2 diabetes (I believe that's the non insulin required type - but I'm not exactly an expert) attends an appointment with his diabetes nurse. When the nurse learns that he has not stuck to his diet plan she becomes frustrated and yells at him in front of other patients. In response to this the man replies that if hes going to die he'd rather die having lived a good life i.e. drinking alcohol and overeating. For this scenario I was asked to research how nurses would combat their frustration in these types of cases. I have looked elsewhere on the internet and in books but was having little success and with my presentation due shortly I hoped that if I came to the source it may help. If anyone can help me out on this topic I'd much appreciate it Thanks Lara :) PS I apologise if I've put this in the wrong forum - if I need to move it can someone please PM me and I'll be happy to do so - Thanks