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 harrowing

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

Lack of participation in decisions, heavy burden of responsibility, stress

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