Workplace Safety

Question 1

Occupation health act 3 important rights

Answer 1

1. Right to know about hazards and dangers in workplace
2. Right to participate in health safety issues through a workplace committee
3. Right to refuse unsafe work

Question 2

Hazards categories

Answer 2

1. Chemical
2. Physical
3. Ergonomic
4. Biological

Question 3

Forms of violence

Answer 3

Physical, physiological, sexual harassment

Question 4

What is compassion fatigue

Answer 4

Inability to continue care bc high levels of caring required just to get through the day (loss of satisfaction from job, job related stress)

Question 5

What is a burnout

Answer 5

Sings of physical/psychological exhaustion, negative behaviours and feelings towards you/others
Comes from chronic stress produced by job

Question 6

Burnout risk factors

Answer 6

1. Excessive workload
2. Heavy burden of responsibility
3. Stress related to lack of training, violence, conflictual relationships, absence of work orientation

Question 7

Inability to separate work and personal life, loss of personal boundaries in therapeutic relationships ad neglect of own self care can lead to

Answer 7

Burnout

Question 8

Safety def

Answer 8

Condition of being protected from or unlikely to cause danger, risk or injury

Question 9

Who is responsible for the application of laws establishing the rights and obligations of workers and employees

Answer 9

CNESST

Question 10

Emotional and physical manifestations of a burnout

Answer 10

Emotional:
Stress, irritability, detachment, sense of failure
Physical:
Inability to sleep, physical pain, queasiness