Workplace Violence: A Guide to Responding and Preventing

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15

Lessons
16

Exams &
Assignments
6

Hours
average time
0.6

CEUs
27

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have taken this course

Course Description

The goal of this course is to provide you with comprehensive information on the topic of workplace violence and related topics. Our audience can be anyone interested in the topic or anyone who needs the information for professional, personal, or other reasons.

Workplace violence can be a major and growing concern for employees and employers. Here is some of what we will cover in this course.

Definitions of workplace violence
Facts about workplace violence and its impact on business
Creating an effective workplace preparedness plan
Avoidance strategies
What kind of workplace culture breeds violence
Prevention strategies
Intervention strategies
Early warning signs
Background checks
Training considerations
Emergency codes and procedures
Legal obligations
Violence on a college campus
Cyber threats

Unfortunately, workplace violence is a reality today. This course will give you information to help you minimize the chance of it happening at your workplace and also help you survive in the event you are involved in an incident of violence on the job. We cover what an employer can do to reduce workplace violence and what an employee can do. We also cover how no industry and no one person are immune. Workplace violence can happen to anyone in any industry.

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Course Lessons

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Lesson 1: Welcome and Overview

Workplace violence can be of concern to employees and employers around the world. 50 Total Points

Review 2 Articles: Safety and Health Topics of Workplace Violence; Risk Topics
Take Survey: Reasons for Taking this Course
Complete: Exam 1

Lesson 2: What are the Facts about Workplace Violence

When we look at workplace violence we can also look at a bigger picture of facts on both workplace and domestic violence as they can be related. 50 Total Points

Review 6 Articles: Workplace Violence; The Facts on the Workplace and Domestic Violence; The Financial Impact of Workplace Violence; Impact of workplace violence on employees; Victims of Crime - When And Where Does Violent Crime Happen?; Managing Disruptive Behavior and Workplace Violence in Healthcare
Complete: Exam 2

Lesson 3: Creating an Effective Workplace Preparedness Plan

Workers in virtually any workplace can be faced with the challenges of preventing workplace violence. One of the best ways to face the challenges is with an effective workplace preparedness plan. 50 Total Points

Review 5 Articles: 7 Steps To Building A Workplace Violence Response Plan; Guidelines for Preventing Workplace Violence for HealthCare and Social Workers; Workplace Violence Prevention and Response; What Can Managers Do to Prevent Workplace Violence?; Engaged Leadership's Role in Workplace Violence Prevention
Complete: Exam 3

Lesson 4: Culture and Workplace Violence

The culture of an organization can influence workplace violence. While no culture can guarantee that there is no violence in a workplace, an organization can try to minimize the chances of a workplace violence incident. 50 Total Points

Review 4 Articles: Changing Culture to Stop Workplace Violence; Workplace Violence Prevention Culture; Workplace Violence: 12 Signs Of A Dangerous Person; The Connection Between the Workplace and Violence
Complete: Exam 4

Lesson 5: Prevention and Intervention Strategies

What we do know also is that millions of people in the United States each year are victims of non fatal workplace violence. Workplace violence is also a leading cause of fatal injuries each year in the United States. 50 Total Points

Review 4 Articles: Workplace Violence Prevention and Intervention Standard; Basic recommendations for preventing violence in the workplace; Workplace Violence Prevention Strategies for Employers FactSheet; Strategies to Stop Workplace Bullying
Complete: Exam 5

Lesson 6: Defense of Self and Others

To help individuals cope with workplace violence, the organization should have in place a way to work with media to get out the message. A spokesperson for the organization should handle this. 50 Total Points

Review 4 Articles: Employment rights and wrongs: How can you defend yourself?; Protecting Yourself from Workplace Bullies; Protecting Yourself and Preventing Workplace Violence; Limits on Self-Defense
Complete: Exam 6

Lesson 7: Environmental Factors and Emergency Codes

In this section we look at a definition of duress codes and related information. This type of code is a distress signal. A person uses it when they are being coerced as during an incident of workplace violence. 50 Total Points

Review 5 Articles: Worker, Workplace, and Community/Environmental Risk Factors for Workplace Violence in Emergency Departments; Workplace Violence: Recognizing Risk Factors And Formulating Prevention Strategies; How to Effectively Use a Workplace Duress Code; How to Plan for Workplace Emergencies and Evacuations; Sample Workplace Emergency Procedures
Complete: Exam 7

Lesson 8: Violence on College Campuses

The threat of violence at college campuses extends to students, faculty, staff, and the general community. 50 Total Points

Complete: Exam 8

Lesson 9: Increasing Awareness and Vigilance

Increasing awareness and vigilance are an important part of any successful program to minimize workplace violence. 50 Total Points

Review 4 Articles: Workplace Violence Prevention Readiness and Response; Improving Your Workplace Violence Prevention Program; 3 Steps To Increase Your Awareness Of Workplace Violence; 7 Factors that Drastically Increase Workplace Violence
Complete: Exam 9

Lesson 10: Example of a Workplace Violence Program

This lesson provides you with an example of a document that describes an effective workplace violence program. We look at about a dozen sections you could create for the document and how you could handle an appendix with information that could help your organization. 50 Total Points

Review 3 Articles: Work Prevention Programs; Awareness and Prevention for Employers and Employees Guideline; Sample Policy for Threats and Violence
Complete: Exam 10

Lesson 11: Workplace Violence as a Global Concern

Data shows that worldwide concern is growing over workplace violence with attention to related issues coming from governments, regulatory agencies, and organizations with the International Labor Organization among them. 50 Total Points

Review 5 Articles: Workplace Violence Increasing Worldwide; Workplace Bullying: A Global Health and Safety Issue; Report: Violence on the job is global problem; Increasing Violence Leads to Concerns Over Workplace Hazards; Workplace Violence A growing concern
Complete: Exam 11

Lesson 12: Readiness and Response Overview

Groups around the United States and world have developed programs to minimize and prevent workplace violence. These programs can help minimize threats and neutralize them. 50 Total Points

Review 4 Articles: Violence in the workplace: Prevention and survival; Prepare your Employees for Workplace Violence.; How to Survive Workplace Violence; Survival Mindset
Complete: Exam 12

Lesson 13: Workplace Aggression

Workplace aggression - as with workplace violence - is a type of aggression and violence that we observe in a workplace. 50 Total Points

Review 4 Articles: Aggressive Behavior in the Workplace; Why Passive Aggression Thrives in the Workplace; Physical Effects Of Workplace Aggression: The Toll Bullying Takes On Your Mind And Body; Better Understanding Workplace Aggression
Complete: Exam 13

Lesson 14: Legal Obligations and Emerging Concerns

There is a legal obligation to provide a workplace that could is hazard free. This includes activities and condition the industry or an employer recognize as hazardous. 50 Total Points

Review 3 Articles: Workplace Violence by PLC Labor and Employment; United States Department of Labor; Preventing and Coping with Workplace Violence
Complete: Exam 14

Lesson 15: Overview and Conclusions

Here are some key takeaways that you should remember from this course. 400 Total Points

Take Poll: End of Course Poll
Take Survey: Course Comments
Complete: Exam 15
Complete: Final Exam

1100

Total Course Points

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