Healthy Workforce Institute

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Healthcare professionals are experiencing greater physical and verbal abuse from patients and their family members. There are many reasons – when not feeling well patients are not always on their best behavior. And, some patients feel entitled to receiving care the way they want it – when they want it.

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Healthy Workforce Institute

APRIL 19, 2023

When I worked as a staff nurse, there were times when I was treated poorly by a patient prompting me to file an incident report but honestly, it was so complicated that I justified not doing it. This is why if you truly want to reduce patient abuse, you must make reporting easier. Why is Reporting Patient Abuse Important?

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Healthy Workforce Institute

MARCH 15, 2023

Globally, every hour, two nurses are assaulted by a patient at work. Therefore, healthcare organizations have an ethical responsibility to their employees to keep them as safe as they can by making sure they are warned early of potential violence. First, we discussed how to address abuse by intervening early.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

We start off the conversation by talking about whether patients with cancer and cancer pain are really that different, and their paper that was just published on January 11 th in JAMA Oncology showing that substance use disorder is not uncommon in individuals with cancer. You can take it over from here. That was from our what?

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