Returning an Employee With Newly Diagnosed Tetraplegia to Work
This article describes this employee’s return to work. (Source: Workplace Health and Safety)
Source: Workplace Health and Safety - March 3, 2016 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Smith, L. Tags: Professional Practice Source Type: research
Cooling Methods to Prevent Heat-Related Illness in the Workplace
The common practice of workers resting in the shade to dissipate body heat can be complemented by ingestion of crushed ice or immersion in temperate water to rapidly lower core body temperature. (Source: Workplace Health and Safety)
Source: Workplace Health and Safety - January 26, 2016 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Brearley, M. Tags: Current Topics Source Type: research
A Review of Design and Policy Interventions to Promote Nurses Restorative Breaks in Health Care Workplaces
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Source: Workplace Health and Safety - January 26, 2016 Category: Occupational Health Tags: CE Module Source Type: research
A Review of Design and Policy Interventions to Promote Nurses Restorative Breaks in Health Care Workplaces
The nursing profession in the United States is on the precipice of a crisis. Nurses are essential to the health care industry, and maintaining quality nursing care is a primary concern of today’s health care managers. Health care facilities report high rates of staff burnout and turnover, and interest in the nursing profession among younger students is declining. Health care leaders must improve nurses’ job satisfaction, performance, and retention. However, they often overlook the need for nurses’ respite and underestimate the value of well-designed staff break areas. An exhaustive and systematic literatu...
Source: Workplace Health and Safety - January 26, 2016 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Nejati, A., Shepley, M., Rodiek, S. Tags: Continuing Education Source Type: research
Disability Management Education: Does the Instructional Delivery Modality Make a Difference?
Each year, thousands of professionals and practitioners opt to learn more about disability management practices by attending conferences, self-study, and registering for advanced educational courses. Their motivation is to enhance their competencies, advance their careers, and attain or maintain professional certification. However, for their efforts, are they accessing the most effective mode of disability management instruction? This clinical research indicated that the "online delivery" of disability management instruction nets a 5% higher score on the outcome measure than the "in-class delivery" modality. (Source: Workp...
Source: Workplace Health and Safety - January 26, 2016 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Dyck, D. E. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Design Implications to Increase Utilization of Stairwells
This study examined the reasons behind using stairwells versus elevators through a case study at a teaching hospital. A broad range of physical design recommendations were evaluated to understand how the design of stairwells can encourage hospital staff and students to use them. An online survey was used to collect data. Findings indicated travel distance and travel direction as primary reasons for preferring elevators. Design recommendations such as motivational signs and physical movement reinforcements (e.g., cardio indicators) are discussed. (Source: Workplace Health and Safety)
Source: Workplace Health and Safety - January 26, 2016 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Moatari-Kazerouni, A., Pennathur, P., Tucker, S. J., Leyden, L. A. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Worker-to-Worker Violence in Hospitals: Perpetrator Characteristics and Common Dyads
Worker-to-worker (Type III) violence is prevalent in health care settings and has potential adverse consequences for employees and organizations. Little research has examined perpetrator characteristics of this type of violence. The current study is a descriptive examination of the common demographic and work-related characteristics of perpetrators of Type III workplace violence among hospital workers. Analysis was based on documented incidents of Type III violence reported within a large hospital system from 2010 to 2012. Nurses were involved as either the perpetrator or target in the five most common perpetrator–ta...
Source: Workplace Health and Safety - January 26, 2016 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Hamblin, L. E., Essenmacher, L., Ager, J., Upfal, M., Luborsky, M., Russell, J., Arnetz, J. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Ebola Care and Lack of Consensus on Personal Protective Respiratory Equipment
The Ebola epidemic in West Africa presents a considerable occupational risk to the health personnel involved. The principal mode of virus transmission to health care personnel is through direct contact with the patient, although transmission by aerosols through the air may also occur. Many safety protocols have been suggested relating to personal protection and particularly respiratory protection. It is generally agreed that all health care workers should have easy access to personal protective equipment. However, the degree of respiratory safety escalates from a mask, to an adequate respirator, and finally to a whole body...
Source: Workplace Health and Safety - January 26, 2016 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Hanoa, R. O., Moen, B. E. Tags: Professional Practice Source Type: research
Response to Letter to the Editor, "Measurement of Workplace Violence Reporting"
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Source: Workplace Health and Safety - January 26, 2016 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Arnetz, J. E., Hamblin, L., Ager, J., Luborsky, M., Upfal, M. J., Russell, J., Essenmacher, L. Tags: Response Source Type: research
Measurement of Workplace Violence Reporting
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Source: Workplace Health and Safety - January 26, 2016 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Huang, J., Glenn, L. L. Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research
Lyme Disease
Occupational and environmental health nurses should educate workers about ways to prevent tick bites, which can cause Lyme disease. (Source: Workplace Health and Safety)
Source: Workplace Health and Safety - January 22, 2016 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Randolph, S. A. Tags: Current Topics Source Type: research
Bisphenol A: Understanding the Controversy
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Source: Workplace Health and Safety - January 22, 2016 Category: Occupational Health Tags: CE Module Source Type: research
Bisphenol A: Understanding the Controversy
Healthy People 2020 lists Bisphenol A (BPA) as a potential endocrine disruptor for which exposure should be reduced. The Healthy People 2020 Environmental Health Objectives focus on addressing environmental factors that negatively affect individuals’ health even though the health effects of some toxic substances are not yet fully understood. An American Association of Occupational Health Nurses (AAOHN) position statement outlined the role occupational health nurses play in creating healthy and productive workplaces by promoting worker health. BPA is implicated in a variety of health outcomes such as breast and prosta...
Source: Workplace Health and Safety - January 22, 2016 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Metz, C. M. Tags: Continuing Education Source Type: research
The Impact of Language and Culture Diversity in Occupational Safety
Occupational health nursing plays a critical part in improving the safety of foreign labor workers. The development and implementation of safety training programs do not always regularly take into account language barriers, low literacy levels, or cultural elements. This oversight can lead to more injuries and fatalities among this group. Despite established health and safety training programs, a significant number of non-native English speakers are injured or killed in preventable, occupation-related accidents. Introducing safety programs that use alternative teaching strategies such as pictograms, illustrations, and hand...
Source: Workplace Health and Safety - January 22, 2016 Category: Occupational Health Authors: De Jesus-Rivas, M., Conlon, H. A., Burns, C. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Evaluation of a Worksite Diabetes Education Program at a Large Urban Medical Center
This study was conducted to address the feasibility of a diabetes worksite education program for employees at a large urban academic health care institution. The diabetes education program was delivered in the diabetes center at the institution, a resource that was previously underutilized by employees. Through collaboration with groups in the institution, 20 employees of diverse ethnicity participated in the worksite diabetes education program with positive outcomes: improved glycemic control measured (HbA1c), attainment of self-management goals, and satisfaction with the program. Work absences trended downward, but numbe...
Source: Workplace Health and Safety - January 22, 2016 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Renda, S., Baernholdt, M., Becker, K. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
