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Results of a cross-sectional survey that included psychiatrists, psychiatry residents, nurses, and other mental health care professionals showed that 90% of study participants experienced verbal aggression or aggression with objects during their career.The study not only highlights the importance of preparing healthcare workers and mental health professionals to assess the risk for violence and manage it effectively, but also the importance of organizations to have systems and policies in place to mitigate the risk.

1 Nov 2019

Researchers from Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, analyzed data from the National Health Interview Survey on self-reported sleep duration from 150,000 people working different professions. The study revealed that in 2018 the highest levels of sleep loss were reported by Americans who worked in public safety and military roles at 50 percent. Those working in healthcare support roles were a close second at 45 percent.People who get less than the recommended hours of sleep can be at risk for dozens of physical and mental health problems.

28 Oct 2019

RIGA - In protest against the projected healthcare financing amounts in the next few years, healthcare workers will stage a protest, called "A Day without a Doctor", urging all physicians, except those working in emergency medical service, to take one-day unpaid leave before Saeima's vote on the 2020 state budget bill, as the Latvian Medical Association's President Ilze Aizsilniece informed LETA last night."A Day without a Doctor" will be one of these protests, organized to demonstrate what may happen if most physicians are not at work - which is what will happen if the healthcare financing policy does not change, stressed Aizsilniece.

25 Oct 2019

Illness is universal, health care is not. Over half of the world's 7.3 billion people, including 1 billion in rural communities, lack access to health care. Approximately 13 million children still go without a single dose of any vaccine. Nearly 9 million newborns, children and mothers still die each year from preventable or treatable conditions.Compounding this crisis is a massive health-worker shortage, forecast to grow to 18 million by 2030. Training more doctors is necessary, but because doctors are concentrated in cities, they alone are insufficient to close this gap. What if the residents of rural communities even those without a high school degree could become a vital part of our health care team?

24 Oct 2019

You've likely seen at least one story.Nurse held hostage at gunpoint and raped by violent patient, doctor murdered by disgruntled patient or family member, nurse stabbed by patient. The news fills with these stories every day, and yet despite all the efforts over the last few decades to curb these events, they continue to happen.Workplace safety is a fundamental right for every working citizen. OSHA oversights include extensive content on how to address violence against healthcare workers with how to report incidents, how to prevent them, and adequate training across disciplines within a healthcare organization. It also requires a commitment that any and all incidents, regardless of level of injury, be taken seriously and addressed promptly with an intervention or action plan to prevent future incidents. Without federal protections for all workers or requirements for prevention training for any and all staff at healthcare sites across the nation, regardless of size or number of employees, this is likely to be an ongoing issue.

22 Oct 2019

STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY (WOLF) Healthcare workers at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Pocono are fed up.Fed up with what they call low pay and crazy work shifts. Not to mention some say they have to work second and third jobs- just to put food on the table.They want for better benefits and a larger staff- so their patients benefit too. Union President Maddie Lopez Vasquez says some workers are making just over 10 bucks an hour- and they want a minimum of 15.

19 Oct 2019