Continuing Education Web Course
Workplace
Violence
Purpose:
To increase the participant's
knowledge and understanding of workplace violence and its effect on the
workplace, including the effects on the employee, employer, and
co-workers; and to recognize the role of health care in the development
of primary prevention programs that decrease the incidence of workplace
violence.
Objectives:
At the
conclusion of this course the participants
should be able to:
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§gain an understanding of the four types of violence
that workers are exposed to at work sites;
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§recognize that workplace violence is a public health
issue that should respond to primary prevention programs;
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§Participate in the development of a primary
prevention program to decrease the incidence of violence in
the workplace.
Target
Audience:
Health care professionals
Faculty: Debra Anderson, Ph.D., R.N.C. is a certified
community health nurse. She is a member of the American Public Health
Association and currently serves as chair-elect of the Public Health
Nursing section. She teaches courses in public health nursing and
community health nursing in the graduate program at the UK College of
Nursing.
Cost: $15
Contact: Melissa Bolin
(859) 323-3851 or
melissa.bolin@uky.edu
Accreditation: The University of
Kentucky College of Nursing is accredited as a provider
of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses
Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
(ANCC).
The Kentucky Board of Nursing (KBN) approves
the University of Kentucky College of Nursing as a provider as
well. KBN and ANCC approval of an individual continuing nursing
education provider does not constitute endorsement of
program content for commercial support. This educational
activity will provide a maximum of 1.2 KBN (50 minute) contact hours and
1.0 ANCC (60 minute) contact hours for nurses who attend the
entire program. Provider
#: 3-0008-7-07-135. A certificate will be issued to participants after the course.
Expiration date: September 2008
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