Violence Prevention in Healthcare: Human Beings are Sensory Beings
Many healthcare and social service agencies look for ways to prevent injuries to their employees. Injury prevention training to reduce needle sticks, strain injuries, and falls are very common. However, trends in violence in the workplace has led to an increase in employee trainings to help contain this threat. In a recent article, by Michelle A. Dressner, 45.9% of injuries in state government hospitals, 14.8% in local government hospitals, and 11% in private hospitals were due to violence. In the state government hospitals, over half of the injuries were sub-classified as “intentional injuries by other person.”1
Sensory Processing in the Workplace
We live in a world full of sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and textures - sensations that affect our ability to think, reason, and even be productive at work. We also deal with the forces of gravity each and every day. Some of us are more affected by these sensations than others.