Violence is the leading concern of most health services in Australia. Mental health nurses are continuously subject to physical and verbal violence‚ as part of their daily work routine. Studies indicate that mental health nurses face the highest risk of violent attacks by patients (Shiao et al‚ 2010). Workplace violence can cause job stress and lower life satisfaction due to the constant stresses of their workplace. Life satisfaction is described as how a person gauge their life as a whole rather
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Workplace Violence Prevention and Management Program Recent events in Hawaii have made both employers and employees more aware of workplace violence and they are getting more concerned regarding their personal safety. The Xerox shooting and the Sheraton stabbing are good examples of such violent episodes. Both incidences exhibited prior evidence of violence in the workplace; and if proper intervention by management was initiated‚ these tragedies could have been prevented. Therefore‚ employers
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Lateral Violence and Nursing Leadership The ability to determine what encourages and discourages positive nurse to nurse relationships is vital for establishing and strengthening a productive work environment. Due to the influence that these relationships can have on patients‚ organizations‚ and nurses‚ it is important to grasp how nurses connect to each other (Moore‚ Leahy‚ Sublett‚ & Lanig‚ 2013). Nurse relationships can be impacted by lateral violence in the workplace‚ nursing leadership skills
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Employment Termination: How to Avoid Legal Ramifications Tonya Walker Employment & Recruitment Emmanuel College Prof. Julie DeCosta October 15‚ 2014 Summary Termination is one of the most difficult tasks a manager or supervisor will have to perform. Managers & supervisors‚ or those responsible for the hiring and firing in an organization‚ need to have a good understanding of everything that is involved in an employee exiting the company. The decision to terminate an individual’s
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year 2000‚ there was only about 8.5 million undocumented immigrants in the United States. A few years later‚ we added up to 11 million undocumented people. Statistics shows that 86 percent of those people have lived in America for about seven years or more. The majority of undocumented people try to live in a friendlier state‚ if possible‚ to avoid deportation. States like‚ Arizona‚ Utah‚ Georgia‚ Indiana‚ Alabama‚ and South Carolina have applied immigration enforcement laws that target illegal immigrants
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What is Plagiarism? On the first place‚ if you do not understand what plagiarism is‚ you cannot avoid it. Plagiarisms are of different types. It is defined as copying ideas‚ words or work of someone else and clearing them off as owns. This could also mean clearly using material of others without his acknowledge. A wrong appropriation and publication of even expressions can be termed as Plagiarism. In simple terms‚ it is cheating oneself with knowledge. Plagiarism is often unintentional‚ however
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How to avoid the Swimmer’s Shoulder in order to enjoy the time in the pool With a reputation of a relatively low-impact sport that significantly benefits both physical and mental health‚ the swimming easily places itself among the most popular sports activities in the United States and counts over a million competitive and recreational swimmers. The swimming combines body’s strength and flexibility which makes it an ideal fitness activity. However‚ due to the repetitive overhead motion of the swimming
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the colorful lighting. Actually‚ these colors messy lighting‚ in addition to harm vision‚ but also interfere with the central nervous system function of the brain. Indoor lighting “light pollution” should not be overlooked‚ is there any way to avoid its adverse health effects? The lighting design experts have given some suggestions: One‚ when choosing the lighting‚ we should choose those lamps with the characteristics of high color‚ high-strobe‚ stable performance. Such as the fluorescent lamps
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Plagiarism and how to avoid it for students 2009/10 What is this booklet about? Respecting authorship through good academic practice is one of the key values of higher education in the UK. Contents page 4 – Introduction page 4 – What is authorship? page 5 – What is plagiarism? Plagiarism is the term used to describe the misuse of authorship. It is a serious academic offence and is treated as such by the University of Essex. This booklet and the accompanying website (URL opposite) have been
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Kashune Smith Sarah Stephens English 101 Solutions paper How to avoid credit card Debt Credit card debt is a big problem in the United States today. The lending creditors are taking advantage of consumers‚ which pile up charges on their credit cards‚ to the point they are unable to pay of f the card at the end of the month. Consumers end up relying on the credit that is provided by the card issuer. It becomes a ‘means to an end’ and the worst kind of debt consumers can
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