Sexual Harrassment/Restraints

Question 1

How common?

Answer 1

• 50-75% women
• 15% men
• Pentagon: 78% women in 1995, 33% women/6% men 2008

Question 2

Federal Law

Answer 2

• Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

Question 3

EEOC definition

Answer 3

unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, other verbal or physical contact of a sexual nature

Question 4

Types

Answer 4

• Quid pro quo

- Hostile environment

Question 5

Hostile Environment

Answer 5

• frequency/severity
• interfere with work?
• was harasser a superior?
• physically threatening/humiliating?

Question 6

Who’s responsible for preventing

Answer 6

employers

Question 7

Robinson v Jacksonville Shipyards 1991

Answer 7

-Ordinary reasonable person - reasonable man v. reasonable woman

Question 8

Berdahl article

Answer 8

some people like it but still negative work and psych well-being

Question 9

US Navy

Answer 9

red light green light

Question 10

When can restraints be used?

Answer 10

• after other methods tried first
• minimal risk harm
• medically necessary

Question 11

when can restraints NOT be used?

Answer 11

NOT for punishment
NOT to make care easier
NOT because they were used in the past

Question 12

caregivers check vitals every ___ mins, order lasts up to ___ hours

Answer 12

15

4

Question 13

`seclusion

Answer 13

observed constantly
review need every 2 hours
review room requirements

Question 14

APTA - restraints

Answer 14

unethical without evidence of - appropriate physical exam/eval, consideration of alternatives, communication to the individual about risks

Question 15

restraints - consequences

Answer 15

• increase risk seizures
• anxiety
• skin breakdown
• dehydration
• confused, restless, agitated