workplace violence and prevention measures for the hospital employee newsletter.

 A new initiative has been introduced to educate nurses, health care workers, and social services workers on how to prevent workplace violence where you work. Write 4 page article on workplace violence and prevention measures for the hospital employee newsletter. • Competency 1: Explain the effect of health care policies, legislation, and legal issues on health care delivery and patient outcomes. o Identify the political, legal, and/or legislative factors that may contribute to violence in health care settings. • Competency 2: Explain the effect of regulatory environments and controls on health care delivery and patient outcomes. o Identify the main components of OSHA’s workplace violence prevention guidelines. o Explain the American Nursing Association’s position on violence in the workplace. o Explain safety policies and protocols for preventing and responding to violence against health care workers. To deepen your understanding, you are encouraged to consider the questions below and discuss them with a fellow learner, a work associate, an interested friend, or a member of your professional community. • What are the more common reasons for workplace violence? • What clinical risk factors can lead to workplace violence? • What obligation does a health care facility have to protect workers from violence? • What personal safety strategies do you have to protect yourself from violence at work? Your workplace has experienced some serious problems with workplace violence that occurred between patients and caregivers. A new initiative has been introduced to educate nurses, health care workers, and social services workers on how to prevent workplace violence. You have been asked to write an article on workplace violence and prevention measures for the hospital employee newsletter. Search the Internet for scholarly and professional peer-reviewed articles on workplace violence. You will need at least five articles to use as support for your work on this assessment. Write 4 pages on workplace violence and prevention measures for the hospital employee newsletter. Address the following in your article: • Identify the political, legal, and/or legislative factors that may contribute to violence in health care settings. Consider the types of patients that may be treated within a clinical or hospital setting. • Compare OSHA regulations and the ANA position statement on workplace violence to organizational policies. • Explain safety policies and protocols for preventing and responding to violence against health care workers. • References: Cite a minimum of five resources, with the majority being peer-reviewed sources. Your reference list should be appropriate to the body of literature available on this topic that has been published in the past 5 years.