In a recent article in Canadian Occupation Safety Magazine, CPI’s Bill Badzmierowski was quoted with regards to the workplace violence and harassment training–
- “If someone gets in your face, your first impulse is to talk or hit back. But there are other things you can do and most people don’t know what they are. How close you stand to the person, your body language and facial expressions make a big difference. There are practical ways to train employees to defuse a situation and prevent its escalation.”
View “Bill 168 puts violence, harassment on OHS training agenda” in its entirety.
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The Joint Commission released some guidance (which went into effect in January 2009) that is meant to prevent disruptive behaviors, such as psychological harassment, in the workplace. This article postulates that perhaps bullying is more widespread than the nursing industry would like to admit; the good news, though, is that many nurses – like the author – feel that it’s unfair, unnecessary, and a hindrance to patient care.
Acts of workplace violence can happen anywhere, as is alleged in the death of 24-year-old Yale pharmacology graduate student Annie Le, who was reportedly strangled by a coworker and stuffed inside a wall.
