Silver Spring, Md, February 22, 2025 (Globe Newswire) – Silver Spring, Md – The American Nurses Association (The Association) extends the families of the West York Borough, Andrew Duarte, his deepest condolences and wishes during the tragic Events in the UPMC Memorial Hospital in York County, Pennsylvania, injured.
While specific details of this event are still being clarified, it is obvious that nurses are often on the front of violence. Violence at the workplace in the healthcare system remains an essential problem. Measures must be carried out to ensure the safety of those who have devoted their career to the care of others.
In the over 5 million nurses nationwide, we represent ourselves to protect the workplace and ask all health facilities to implement comprehensive violence prevention plans. We are actively committed to the congress and the Occupational Health & Safety Administration (OSHA) to determine a national standard for the prevention of violence. The Osha has been working on a standard of violence at the workplace for years, which provides for facilities to develop its own violence prevention and reaction plans. We ask the current administration to issue this decisive, life -saving standard, and we will continue to train and advocate before the congress and the Osha to exhibit these standards.
“Violence at the workplace is a long -term and unsolved problem in healthcare. It is a growing crisis of public health that requires urgent attention. It deteriorated during the Covid 19 pandemic and overcome an already tense health system. “Says Jennifer S. Mensik Kennedy, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, Faan, President of the American Nurses Association. “The necessary safety precautions are missing from a third nurses to ensure their security for the job, and each three nurses report that they personally experience violence at the workplace. OSHA has the authority to strengthen the requirements of prevention and reporting, but stronger mandates and enforcement are crucial for the effective persecution and reduction of violence at work. You have to act now. “
The association calls on the congress of introducing the legislation for OSHA in order to determine a standard for violence for violence at work within one year. The proposed plan for prevention and reaction plan requires facilities for health and social benefits to implement a comprehensive program for the prevention of violence, which includes mandatory reporting and persecution of incidents, effective training for the identification and de-escalation of potential violent situations as well as guidelines as well as guidelines that ensure compliance with compliance at all levels.
Violence at the workplace is an omnipresent topic that exceeds regional borders and political affiliations. It represents a significant threat to the security of healthcare workers and patients, whom they serve diligently nationwide.
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About American Nurses Association
The The American Nurse Association is the only association that represents and serves as a professional house for all registered nurses in every specialist and practical environment. We believe that nurses are the heartbeat of health care. It is our calling to work for nurses and the causes that are important to them by working for improved work environments, first -class education, more intelligent guidelines and stronger partnerships. We are committed to strengthening nurses'' Roles, their voices and their value in healthcare and society.
- The shooting of the hospital often takes out the dangers and violence of nurses at work
