|
Nursing Occupational Hazards
Home
|
Nursing Occupational Hazards
Every Patient Deserves a Safe Nurse
Personal Safety for Nurses
Alison M. Trinkoff, Jeanne M. Geiger-Brown, Claire C. Caruso, Jane A. Lipscomb, Meg Johantgen, Audrey L. Nelson, Barbara A. Sattler, Victoria L. Selby (PDF file)
Occupational Hazards for Pregnant Nurses
Alex, Marion Rita RN, MN, CNM - AJN, American Journal of Nursing:
January 2011 - Volume 111 - Issue 1 - pp 28-37 (PDF file)
Health and Safety of Older Nurses
Letvak S. - University of North Carolina at Greensboro, School of Nursing
Obesity in Patients and Nurses Increases the
Nurse’s Risk of Injury Lifting Patients
SUSAN L. HUMPHREYS, RN, MS (PDF file)Workplace Health, Safety and Well-being of the Nurse -
Healthy Work Environments Best Practice Guidelines
Registered NursesíAssociation of Ontario (PDF file)
Infuences on Nurse Perception of Hospital Unit Safety Climate
Guidelines in Occupational Safety & Health for Elderly Home Workers
Home Health Care Patients and Safety Hazards in the Home: Preliminary Findings
Workplace Safety and Risk Management for Home Healthcare Workers
Home Healthcare
Home and Community Care - Work safety
Patient Safety and Quality in Home Health Care
Handbook of Occupational Hazards and Controls for Homecare Providers
Health & Safety in the Home Care Environment
Homecare Worker Health and Safety
Safety Manual for Homecare Workers
Home and Community Health Worker Handbook
Handbook of Occupational Hazards and Controls for Community Clinics and Doctorsí Offices
Government of Alberta (PDF file)
Work Stress and Burnout Among Nurses:
Role of the Work Environment and Working Conditions
Bonnie M. Jennings, D.N.Sc., R.N., F.A.A.N. (pdf)
The Relationship Between Workplace Stress and Depression in Nurses
Jennifer Larson
EMOTIONAL EXHAUSTION AND STATE ANGER IN NURSES WHO WORKED DURING THE SARS OUTBREAK: THE ROLE OF PERCEIVED THREAT AND ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT
LISA FIKSENBAUM et al; CANADIAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH (pdf)
The Effect of Health Care Working Conditions on Patient Safety
David H Hickam, MD, MPH, Principal Investigator, Susan Severance, MPH, Adrianne Feldstein, MD, MS, Leslie Ray, PhD, RN, Paul Gorman, MD, Sherrie Schuldheis, PhD, RN, William R Hersh, MD, Kathryn Pyle Krages, AMLS, MA, and Mark Helfand, MD, MS, EPC Director (pdf)
Occupational Hazards in Home Healthcare
HIOSH (PDF file)
The impact of nursing work environments on patient safety outcomes: the mediating role of burnout / engagement
NIH
International Hazard Datasheets on Occupation ó Nurse
International Labour Organization (ILO)
International Hazard Datasheets on Occupation - Nurse, Occupational Health
International Labour Organization (ILO) (PDF file)
Environmental Hazards for the Nurse as a Worker - The National Academies Press
Nursing is a uniquely hazardous occupation. This appendix summarizes some of the major hazards nurses may face on-the-job, and provides statistics for illnesses and injuries among nurses associated with working conditions.
Keeping Patients Safe: Transforming the Work Environment of Nurses
Ann Page, Committee on Work Environment for Nurses - National Academies Press, 2004
Personal Safety for Nurses
Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses (PDF file)
Occupational Health and Safety Management Programme for Nurses
International Council of Nurses (PDF file)
Emergency Needlestick Information
CDC / NIOSH
Ontario Safety Association for Community & Healthcare
First Steps to Health & Safety:
Orientation for New Employees
The Connecticut Hospital Association - STUDENT ORIENTATION CURRICULUM GUIDE
Adapted from: The Yale-New Haven Hospital Health and Safety Training Manual (PDF file)
Duke University Medical Center Nursing Radiation Safety Page
http://www.safety.duke.edu/radsafety/nurses/default.asp
Exposure of Postoperative Nurses to Exhaled Anesthetic Gases
Anesthesia & Analgesia, Vol 87, 1083-1088
STUDY OF OPERATING ROOM SAFETY SHOWS NURSES RATE FIRST, SURGEONS LAST
Johns Hopkins Medicine
A study based on a survey measuring attitudes toward the work environment in the operating room (OR) reveals that surgeons exhibit the lowest level of teamwork and nurses the highest.
Impact of Shift Work on the Health and Safety of Nurses and Patients
BERGER AM, HOBBS BB.
Clin J Oncol Nurs 2006;10(4):465-71
Influence of Workplace Demands on Nurses' Perception of Patient Safety
Nursing & Health Sciences - Volume 10 Issue 2, Pages 144 - 150
Effects of Critical Care Nursesí Work Hours on Vigilance and Patientsí Safety
American Journal of Critical Care. 2006;15: 30-37
Work Environment for Nurses and Patient Safety
Institute of Medicine - National Academy of Sciences
How Nurses Work - A Key Factor in Patient Safety
The National Academy of Sciences
The Working Hours Of Hospital Staff Nurses And Patient Safety
Ann E. Rogers et. all - HEALTH A F FA I R S ~ Vo l u m e 2 3 , Nu m b e r 4 2 0, 2004 (PDF file)
SAFETY IN NUMBERS Nurse-to-Patient Ratios and the Future of Health Care
Suzanne Gordon; John Buchanan; Tanya Bretherton - Cornell Press
Nursing, Health, and the Environment - Environmental Hazards for the Nurse as a Worker
Institute of Medicine (IOM) - The National Academies Press
Work-related Stress in Nursing: Controlling the Risk to Health
Professor Tom Cox, Dr. Amanda Griffiths, Professor Sue Cox (PDF file)
Workplace Health, Safety and Well-being of the Nurse Guideline (2008)
Registered Nursesí Association of Ontario
TUBERCULOSIS EXPOSURE IN THE HEALTH CARE SETTING: PREVENTION OF OCCUPATIONAL TRANSMISSIONS
International Council of Nurses
The Effect of Nurse Staffing Patterns on Medical Errors and Nurse Burnout
Garrett C - AORN J. 2008;87:1191-1204
Fatigue, Sleepiness, and Medical Errors
Ashish K. Jha, M.D.
University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, Bradford W. Duncan, M.D.
Stanford University School of Medicine, David W. Bates, M.D., M.Sc. Harvard Medical School
The Impact of Shift Work on the Risk and Severity of Injuries for Hospital Employees:
An Analysis Using Oregon Workers' Compensation Data
Shift work generally is defined as work hours that are scheduled outside of daylight. Shift work disrupts the synchronous relationship between the body's internal clock and the environment. The disruption often results in problems such as sleep disturbances, increased accidents and injuries, and social isolation. Physiologic effects include changes in rhythms of core temperature, various hormonal levels, immune functioning, and activity-rest cycles. Adaptation to shift work is promoted by reentrainment of the internally regulated functions and adjustment of activity-rest and social patterns. Nurses working various shifts can improve shift-work tolerance when they understand and adopt counter measures to reduce the feelings of jet lag. By learning how to adjust internal rhythms to the same phase as working time, nurses can improve daytime sleep and family functioning and reduce sleepiness and work-related errors. Modifying external factors such as the direction of the rotation pattern, the number of consecutive night shifts worked, and food and beverage intake patterns can help to reduce the negative health effects of shift work. Nurses can adopt counter measures such as power napping, eliminating overtime on 12-hour shifts, and completing challenging tasks before 4 am to reduce patient care errors.HORWITZ I. B., University of Texas, School of Public Health ; MCCALL B. P. University of Minnesota, Carlson School of Management
SHIFTWORK: HEALTH EFFECTS & SOLUTIONS
Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers Inc.
Business and Leadership - Nursing Injury Rates and Negative Patient Outcomes: Connecting the Dots
AAOHN Journal, Vol. 55 No. 11, November 2007,
William Charney, DOH and Joseph Schirmer, MS
Workplace Hazards
Washington State Nurses Association
Environmental Hazards for the Nurse as a Worker
National Academy of Sciences
Nurses.info
http://www.nurses.info/services_workplace_hazards.htm
Sexual Harassment as an Occupational Hazard in Nursing
A questionnaire was administered to qualified and student nurses to assess the prevalence and consequences of sexual harassment. There was a 56% completion rate. Of these 43 (66%) of the registered nurses and nine (35%) of the student nurses reported having experienced sexual harassment. The incidence of harassment for registered nurses in the year prior to the study was 46%. Patients were most likely to be the harasser for both student and registered nurses but there was an increased likelihood that other staff were involved in the harassment of registered nurses with doctors and male nursing staff being the predominant perpetrators. Dimensions of assertiveness and sex role identity did not predict the likelihood of harassment. Results are discussed in the context of attribution theory and gender power relationships. Alice J. Dan; Debra A. Pinsof; Laura L. Riggs
General Healthcare Safety
CROETweb
Exposure to Stress: Occupational Hazards in Hospitals
NIOSH
Patient Handling Techniques to Prevent MSDs in Health Care
European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
Patient Safety and Quality
NIH
Workplace Safety Tool Kit
Association of periOperative Registered Nurses
Disclaimer Statement
Access the Legal Disclaimer
Healthcare Safety Info-eLink™ is a trademark (2007) of Pinnacle Enterprises Canada
|
