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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