For a nursing administrator, managing complex situations such as violence at work are imperative for guaranteeing the high quality of care. However, it is more concerned with ensuring that nurses fulfill their responsibilities in proper and productive ways. According to the research by Friis, Larsen, and Lasgaard, there is a connection between physical violence at work and absenteeism. Being abused or assaulted within the context of healthcare work has shown to be strongly associated with prolonged absences of employees at work. It is also indirectly linked with poor workplace culture and the low level of respect and support from co-workers. However, it is also important to account for the reasons for absenteeism, which are predominantly connected to worker health factors. These include but are not limited to the pain that interferes with the ability to work, more severe pain due to chronic health conditions such as arthritis or migraine, as well as depression.
Among the strategies that reduce long absences, there is an effort to augment programs that deal with violence prevention. These programs should teach both administrators and employees to identify the risk factors work workplace violence, recognize the warning signs of abuse among personnel, as well as employ collaborative skills for preventing and managing violence. It is also necessary to identify resources that would be appropriate in supporting healthcare workers that have been previously abused by coworkers. Overall, the step is targeted at the implementation of a comprehensive violence prevention program that would improve the overall environment at organizations.
Offering self-management programs to employees to address pain and depression is also imperative for preventing and managing violence at work. While a nurse administrator may not have the full capacity to control subordinates’ physical or mental health, they can be active in helping them deal with issues through a self-management approach. For example, relaxation and meditation courses are great examples of how the management of healthcare facilities can provide support to workers in need of mental health interventions. Such courses are targeted at enhancing the psychological stability of individuals and offering frameworks for successful self-management. In addition, when implementing self-management interventions, nurses will learn how to deal with their mental health complications in the most non-invasive ways possible. Mental health plays an important role in the management of violence in healthcare settings because it influences the shaping of perspectives and attitudes toward care delivery.
To conclude, Nurse administrators thus should be more proactive in creating environments in which workers will feel safe and secure. Addressing the physical and mental health problems is imperative in this case due to the need to ensure that workers are performing within their best capacity levels and thus can engage in the health delivery process without absenteeism. Violence prevention programs also play essential roles in the shaping of positive work environments as well as dealing with employees who abuse their colleagues. Overall, absenteeism and the subsequent violence against workers can be eliminated with the help of support tools that nursing administrators integrate into the environment.