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About Workplace Violence
As a healthcare worker, you are in regular contact with residents, visitors, and coworkers. When harassment or bullying occurs in the workplace, the impact on staff and visitors creates a troubled workplace. Facility operations are also disrupted with long-reaching effects. Workplace violence refers clearly to threats or actual use of physical force against a person in the workplace. In recent years, more healthcare workers have assumed a greater risk of exposure to workplace violence. In this course, you will learn how to spot, prevent, and respond to workplace violence.
Define workplace violence.
Identify steps to survive a hostile encounter.
Determine when and how to report workplace violence.
Boundary Risks for Behavioral Health Paraprofessionals
Boundaries are important in guiding acceptable and unacceptable interactions. People working in service or care professions are often in situations where the lines between a professional and social relationship become blurred. Setting and keeping professional boundaries are key to protecting your clients, yourself, and the service or care process. The goal of this course is to provide paraprofessionals in health and human services settings with information about professional boundaries, boundary crossings and violations, and situations when crossing a boundary may be acceptable.
Define professional boundaries.
Differentiate between a social relationship and professional relationship.
Explain three differences between a boundary crossing and a boundary violation.
Identify three considerations when deciding whether it is appropriate to intentionally cross a professional boundary.