概括
在家护理中的工作场所暴力 (WPV) 政策往往是不充分的. 大多数审查的政策都缺乏必要的培训和预防方法,这突显了在家庭护理行业改善员工安全措施的迫切需要.
科学领域:
- 医疗保健管理的管理
- 职业安全 在职业安全.
- 公共卫生政策 公共卫生政策
背景情况:
- 工作场所暴力 (WPV) 对医疗保健专业人员构成重大风险,特别是在家庭护理环境中.
- 现有的关于家庭护理部门WPV政策质量的研究是有限的.
- 家庭护理提供者在患者访问期间面临着独特的挑战和风险.
研究的目的:
- 评估家庭护理机构WPV政策的质量.
- 发现WPV当前关于报告,培训和预防的政策中的缺陷.
- 强调需要加强WPV对家庭护理员工的保障.
主要方法:
- 从俄俄州,俄勒冈州和德克萨斯州的七个家庭护理机构对WPV政策进行了盲目审查.
- 政策根据五个关键标准进行评估:WPV报告,WPV培训,WPV政策全面性,工作场所行为准则和政策审查机制.
- 评估的重点是确定预防,培训和保护策略中的具体差距.
主要成果:
- 在七个参与的家庭护理机构中,只有一个满足了50%以上的评估标准.
- 发现了重大缺陷,包括缺乏WPV预防方法和正式培训.
- 政策经常缺乏在家访期间为员工提供适当的保护策略.
结论:
- 在样本中的家庭护理机构中,大多数WPV政策都是不完整和不足的.
- 迫切需要家庭护理机构制定和实施全面的WPV政策.
- 通过强有力的WPV政策优先考虑员工安全对于家庭护理行业至关重要.
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