1. The costs of workplace violence may include:
Financial compensation to an injured employee.
Lost work time during recovery from injury.
Poor employee performance due to anxiety, stress, or fatigue.
All of these.
2. An employer’s Workplace Violence Prevention Plan must be a stand-alone document independent from other workplace safety policies and procedures.
True
False
3. Shortly after a workplace violence incident, employees should be required to participate in a group session called _____________________.
Group therapy
Post-trauma counseling
Critical incident debriefing
Blame-assigning huddle
4. A Workplace Violence Prevention Plan for home healthcare provider must include procedures for hazard assessment. Which is not a time when this hazard assessment should be performed?
During intake procedures
At the time of the initial visit
During subsequent visits when there is a change in conditions
When terminating care
5. California regulations define workplace violence as:
Any act of violence or threat that occurs at the work site
Any act of violence that occurs at the work site.
Any act of violence or threat of violence
Any act of violence or threat of violence that occurs between two employees at the same work site.
6. Which is not a patient-specific risk factor to consider when gauging the possibility for Type-2 violence?
A patient’s mental status
A patient’s treatment and medical status
A patient’s history of violence
The presence of objects in a patient’s home that could be used as a weapon
7. An environment in which employees look for and report small problems or unsafe conditions before they pose a substantial risk and when they are easy to fix is an example of __________________.
“Tapping in”
“Just” culture
“Collective mindfulness”
“Top-down discipline”
8. Which is not a factor an investigator should consider when determining the credibility of a witness?
The investigator’s personal relationship with the witness
The plausibility or believability of their version of the story
Their potential motives or whether they have good reason to lie
Corroboration of their version of the story with evidence
9. Lawful acts of self-defense or defense of others are legally considered workplace violence.
True
False
10. Which is not something that should be included in a violent incident log?
A detailed description of the incident
Personal identifying information about the victims of the incident
A classification of who committed the violence
Information about the person completing the log