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Issue Brief: Building a Safe Workplace and Community - Community Violence Intervention

The American Hospital Association’s Hospitals Against Violence (HAV) Advisory Group developed the Building a Safe Workplace and Community framework to guide health care leaders in their efforts to prevent and mitigate violence.
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Issue Brief: Building a Safe Workplace and Community - Violence Mitigation in a Culture of Safety

This issue brief, the third of four in the series, examines how hospitals’ violence mitigation efforts can fit effectively into an organization’s culture of safety strategy.

Building a Safe Workplace and Community: Mitigating the Risk of Violence

The American Hospital Association’s Hospitals Against Violence (HAV) initiative hosted the American Society for Health Care Risk Management (ASHRM) for a facilitated dialogue to explore challenges and current strategies to mitigate the risk of violence. The discussion fostered an exchange of ideas and solutions that informed this issue brief and accompanying case studies.

Issue Brief: Patients and Providers Faced with Increasing Delays in Timely Discharges

Patients requiring additional care after a hospitalization — such as skilled nursing, behavioral health or therapy-at-home — face growing delays in accessing that care. Delays in discharges as patients move through the continuum of care can cause harm to patients’ health outcomes and can impact their quality of life by slowing their recovery.

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U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps

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United States Cadet Nurse Corps was authorized by the U.S. Congress and signed into law in July 1943. It was a non-discriminatory program. Its purpose was to help alleviate the nursing shortage which existed during World War II. This legislation would provide honorable discharges, medal privileges and veteran burial benefits to nurses who served in the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps.

National Labor Relations Board Update

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[REPORT]: This document by G. Roger King, senior labor and employment counsel of the HR Policy Association, outlines the recent updates of significant Board decisions and rulemaking initiatives.

Reauthorize Nursing Workforce Programs

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