针对急救部门医疗保健工作者的暴力行为和威斯康星州209号法案的影响
Lauren Nickel1, Corey Sell1,2, Meredith Hiller1
1Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
概括
威斯康星州大多数急救部门的员工都经历过工作场所的暴力,但很少有人报告事件. 2021年的法律并没有显著改善安全感知或降低暴力率.
科学领域:
- 医疗保健管理部门的管理.
- 职业健康 职业健康 职业健康
- 公共卫生政策 公共卫生政策
背景情况:
- 工作场所暴力在医疗机构普遍存在,特别是在急诊室.
- 威斯康星州法案209 (2021) 将对医疗机构工作人员造成或威胁对身体造成伤害的行为定为刑事犯罪.
研究的目的:
- 评估急救部门工作人员对暴力的经历.
- 评估威斯康星州法律209对工作场所安全的感知影响.
主要方法:
- 在威斯康星州急诊部向护士,医生和高级实践提供者分发了一份调查.
- 数据收集发生在2022年3月23日至2023年6月30日之间.
主要成果:
- 70.6%的受访者报告经历身体伤害或威胁;大多数事件没有报告.
- 护士报告的威胁比医生更多. 许多人对209号法案一无所知,大多数人认为暴力率保持不变.
- 报告的障碍包括对复杂的医疗状况和对执法部门的看法的担忧.
结论:
- 尽管有立法,医疗保健工作者暴力仍然存在,报告不足是一个重大问题.
- 报告障碍超越临床因素,包括执法能力和态度.
- 需要进一步的战略来优先考虑医疗保健工作者的安全和福祉.
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