Question

1. have carefully crafted paragraphs,
2. be at least 250 words,
3. show connections to course concepts, and
4. demonstrate critical thinking.

Emerging issues: Select one of the concepts regarding emerging issues in health and health care (Violence in Health Care setting). Using evidence. Describe one of the emerging issues, give two to three examples that help illuminate this challenge, and explain why it is important for a student in this course to understand these issues.

Answer 1

Health workers are at high risk of violence all over the world.Many more are threatened or exposed to verbal aggression. Most violence is perpetrated by patients and visitors. Also in disaster and conflict situations, health workers may become the targets of collective or political violence.

According to international statistic data, nearly 4% of the total employee population has reported that they have suffered physical violence from people outside their workplace.More specifically, in health care areas, violence affects one in two healthcare professionals worldwide, with nurses having three times higher possibility of being exposed to violence than any other professional group

Violence can be physical or psychological and it includes

• Threatening behavior
• Verbal abuse
• Destruction of items
• Assault (physical violence, use of weapons, rape, murder)

The circumstances under which care is provided in healthcare settings make health care professionals especially vulnerable to occupational violence.Healthcare professionals come into direct contact with a wide range of people who are under stress due to pain or illness ,Nursing staff cares for people who are confused or emotionally unstable

Examples include verbal threats or physical attacks by patients, a distraught family member who may be abusive or even become an active shooter, gang violence in the emergency department, a domestic dispute that spills over into the workplace, or coworker bullying.

Students work closely with other proffessionals in health care setting.So they need to be aware about the situations and reporting the incidence.Interventions to prevent violence against health workers in non-emergency settings focus on strategies to better manage violent patients and high-risk visitors. Interventions for emergency settings focus on ensuring the physical security of health-care facilities.