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Violence in the Healthcare Workplace

Course #57454-

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Objective:
Discuss the ethical and legal issues involved in workplace violence and the process for assessing risk of violence.

10. Nurse C is on duty in the emergency department when a patient is brought in by the police because he was ranting on the street, talking about how the telephone lines were sending messages to him and a force was out to get him. During the assessment, when the patient is lucid, he tells Nurse C that he was laid off from his janitorial position at a nearby rehabilitation clinic. The patient says he is so angry that he could cause the director physical harm. What potential ethical issues might Nurse C confront in this scenario?


  • Back to Course Home
  • Participation Instructions
    • Review the course material online or in print.
    • Complete the course evaluation.
    • Review your Transcript to view and print your Certificate of Completion. Your date of completion will be the date (Pacific Time) the course was electronically submitted for credit, with no exceptions. Partial credit is not available.