Developing a Policy Around Workplace Violence

Developing a policy
around workplace
violence

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................1
Phase one: Is initiating the policy development process .......................................................1
Phase 2,A: Define framework ...............................................................................................3
Phase 2,B................................................................................................................................4
Phase 2C insuring policy leads to action ..............................................................................6
Phase 3: seeking approval and endorsement ........................................................................7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES ..............................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
In the nursing health care setting policy analysis and outlining of the policy is important,
according to the key issues and situation of the specific health care setting. Because national
policy in the existing health care system is can note easy to understand and address the key issue
of workplace (Morphet, 2019). Because in district basis things get change or different from
national level. Analysis of the policies identification of the relevant regulations and guidelines
then outlining of that is can be helpful to address the violence issues.
Workplace violence is the use of force to harm another person, this can be in the form of
threats, bullying, intimation, harassment and abuse. Within the health care setting cases of the
workplace violence is increasing, it has been analysed that 38% of the workers in the health care
setting had been reported with the physical violence (Beattie 2019) This is is mostly related to
the patients and their family and this is very common in mental health nursing. By the help of
assessment one various violence incidents are identified, such as bullying, intimidation, physical
harm, harassment, abuse and actual assault, which are further associated with the risk of
depression, anxiety, suicide, PTSD. So in context to prevention and management of the zero
violence and its adverse impact on patient or staff health, modification and development of the
new outlines of NSW zero tolerance to violence policy is done in this essay so that it suits the
local hospital or district.
Phase one: Is initiating the policy development process
Background
In the mental health services workplace the mental health issue which consider as the
problem for staff and causes of violence is paranoia. Because this is the mental health condition
at which patient feel that every one want to get them and harm them. This is the type of illusion
which the influence of which they can attempt suicide or harem the staff for own safety due to
the wrong interpretation of risk.
Workplace violence is the leading factor of the health care nursing staff harm and
burnout. Violence is the physical, sexual, emotional and psychological abusive behaviour
towards the other. It has been reported that majority of 81% nurses and and midwives
experienced between one and 10 episodes of the violence is experienced by the 2% of nurses. In
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the public health sector there is the higher cases of violence in comparison to the private health
care sector (Pien , 2019). Males are facing this issue more then the women's between 78 to 88%.
in the mental health care setting nurses are facing the violence due to the lack of the appropriate
assessment and patient management criteria. Such as one of the leading problems which causes
the cases of violence is lack of the knowledge related to suicide assessment in context to the
paranoia patient management, as patient with the abnormal behaviour try to conduct suicide and
managing nurses during that situation get harmed by the patient due to the insufficient guidelines
and outlines for the suicide assessment within managing polices.
Current policy and stakeholders
In context to the management of health care setting issues like violence one of the most
important thing is policy, which provide guidelines and assistance manual to the health care
workers for addressing these issues (Morphet, 2019). Mental Health Intensive Care Unit is the
health care setting where the various incidents of the violence are identified, from which one of the
key issue is analysed, such as the lack of educational resources such as paranoia patient suicide
assessment due to which most of the physical violence case develop. The existing policy in
Mental Health Intensive Care Unit is NSW zero tolerance to violence policy. Purpose of the
policy is to manage the safe workplace for the health care staff and risk free visiting and care of
the patient from the exposer to act of the violence. The key outlines of the policy are
identification, assessment, elimination and control of the violence related risk and the
management of the situation by providing the appropriate action or response to the violence
incident. This is providing the guidelines of health facility for NSW and specific control
measures for that. The key stakeholders of the policy are carers, health professionals, patients
and different health care unites of the NSW. Who have to follow this policy and should get
informed about the new changes in this policy as it effects the function and welling of these
stakeholder.
Public awareness
The developing case of the workplace violence, impact and it control measures
information and new are increasing the public awareness about the violence, such as the peoples
knowledge about the mental health patient abnormal behaviour and suicidal attempts in the
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