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Nursing Occupational Hazards
Workplace Health, Safety and Well-being of the Nurse -
Healthy Work Environments Best Practice Guidelines
Registered Nurses’Association of Ontario (PDF file)
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 — 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
Vhi Healthcare, Ireland
It's a healing profession, but nurses suffering from overwork, compassion fatigue, and exhaustion could use some healing themselves -- not to mention better protection from violent patients and needlesticks. A guide to nursing hazards and how to avoid them.
Personal Safety for Nurses
Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses (PDF file)
Every Patient Deserves a Safe Nurse
Maggie Flanagan, RN (PDF file)
Occupational Health and Safety Management Programme for Nurses
International Council of Nurses (PDF file)
Emergency Needlestick Information
CDC / NIOSH
SARS and the Occupational Health Department
Ontario Safety Association for Community & Healthcare
First Steps to Health & Safety:
Orientation for New Employees
Nursing Student Orientation - The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids)
http://www.sickkids.ca/NursingStudentOrientation/default.asp
Students - Occupational Health & Safety Requirements - University Health Network
http://www.uhn.ca/about_uhn/nursing/site/students/occhealth_student_orientation.asp
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 Nurses’ Work Hours on Vigilance and Patients’ 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 Nurses’ 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
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
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
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