Once upon a time it was safe to go to work. Maybe that’s a fairy tale because the times have certainly changed. Increased violence has become part of our everyday life, be it at home or at work. We read about it daily in the newspaper and are bombarded with violent stories from the television and radio. PROtect Yourself Now! Violence Prevention for Healthcare Workers provides an integrative, non-violent approach to dealing with physical aggression and verbal threat. Its method of information delivery is designed to help you develop greater awareness and vigilance, hone observational and judgment skills & to learn communication techniques to defuse potentially volatile situations. Physical interventions such as restraining techniques and break-away techniques may be mentioned throughout this manual but are not expanded upon as they are beyond the scope of the manual. In a professional nursing career spanning four decades, working mainly in mental health & psychiatry, veteran nurse Rae A. Stonehouse shares sage advice for managing violence in healthcare settings. PROtect Yourself Now!Violence Prevention for Healthcare Workers is a practical "how to" manual that will enable you to... * assess and identify disturbed/aggressive behavior * provide effective therapeutic interventions for the benefit of your clients * develop winning attitudes to prevent aggressive behavior * utilize communication & leadership techniques to avoid client escalation and prevent disturbed behavior * recognize the effects of your body language in resolving a crisis * identify the influence that health care staff have on violence by a client * recognize a bully at work and develop strategies to minimize their damage * recognize and support a colleague that is experiencing the effects of compassion fatigue... and much more! Rae A. Stonehouse is the author of a dozen or so personal/professional self-development, self-help books and brings an easy, conversational style of writing to his publications. PROtect Yourself Now!Violence Prevention for Healthcare Workers is for anyone who works in healthcare and interacts with patients, the public and even your own coworkers. This book helps you understand the causes of violence and how to develop strategies to protect yourself from mental or physical injury. Protect yourself now!

Health care facilities were once thought of as "safe havens", but are now plagued with significant increases in aggression among patients, visitors, and staff. Healthcare workers suffer from atolerance of workplace violence and the perception that their profession implies the acceptanceof that violence. As a result, people who experience violence on a day-to-day basis become habituated to it as a part of the human condition. Violence can be prevented and cultural norms altered. Societies, communities, and individuals can make a difference and reject the notion of "an acceptable level" of violence. Even small investments in violence prevention can generate long lasting benefits. The purpose ofthis project was to develop an educational program to decrease violence against healthcare workers and increase staffs' ability to provide care in a safe, healing environment. The goal forthis project would be expansion and implementation in a major metropolitan hospital. All hospital employees, employers, patients, and visitors share the responsibility for creating a safework environment. When healthcare workers are given a safe working environment, the efficiency, and quality of care improves and benefits the entire community.

Are you a healthcare worker who has been assaulted, or know someone who has? Violence against healthcare workers has reached epidemic levels, and emergency nurses are particularly at risk. Assaults on healthcare staff are leading to life-changing injuries, PTSD, and even death. According to the American Nurses Association, workplace violence is one of the most complex and dangerous occupational hazards facing nurses working in today's health care environment. With this epidemic of violence increasing, nurses often perceive it as part of their job.Author Sheila Wilson, RN, BSN, MPH, has worked as a nurse for over 40 years, including almost 20 years in the ER environment. Within her career, she has witnessed and been a victim of violent assault. Reading this book, you will learn: * how to identify potentially dangerous situations* how to protect and advocate for yourself* what employers and administrators can and should do to protect you* how (and why) being a victim of assault is not acceptable, and is not within your job description.This book covers the extent and characteristics of violence in healthcare, some of the contributing factors, and most importantly, what we as healthcare workers can do about it. It even touches on what employers and administrators can do to mitigate healthcare violence. Since co-founding Stop Healthcare Violence in 2009, author Sheila Wilson has dedicated ongoing efforts to public outreach and education surrounding the growing pandemic of healthcare violence, supporting victims of assault, and lobbying for legislative change.

Workplace Violence: Issues in Threat Management defines what workplace violence is, delves into the myths and realities surrounding the topic and provides readers with the latest statistics, thinking, and strategies in the prevention of workplace violence. The authors, who themselves have implemented successful workplace violence protection programs, guide novice and experienced practitioners alike in the development of their own programs.

Self-publishing is well within the reach of many authors however, the learning curve can be frustratingly steep. Author Rae A. Stonehouse, veteran of a dozen of his own self-help, personal/professional development books and others for his clients, shares sage advice from his self-publishing career and from the pros. Book One Writing & Publishing as a Business in The Successful Self Publisher Series: How to Write, Publish and Market Your Book Yourself addresses writing books and self-publishing based on business best-practices. There is nothing wrong with sending your manuscript to a traditional publishing company, but only self-publishing allows you to make all the choices – cover art, interior design, even story content – based on your vision, and your goals. Plus, you can have a finished copy in months, not years. As an author with the desire of being paid for your hard work, you are in business. If you choose to self-publish, you are now in the publishing business as well. Book One Writing & Publishing as a Business explores the following topics essential to creating your manuscript: - Choosing your topic - How to generate content ideas for your book - Organizing your content so it makes sense - Researching - Creating your storyline - Finding your writing voice - Saving your work - Preventing spelling & grammar mistakes - Minding your tense - Formatting your manuscript - Adding illustrations or graphics - Creating book titles that sell - Proofreading And much more... Other books in the series... Book Two Self-Publishing for Fun and Profit in The Successful Self Publisher Series: How to Write, Publish and Market Your Book Yourself focuses on how to publish your content. Book Three Content Marketing Strategies That Work in the series focuses on how to market your book, yourself.