VA Health Services Research & Development Project

Nursing Staff Survey Results for RN's

National Safety Congress:

• Slide Presentation 2004 (New Orleans)

VA Generic Functional Statements :

• Nurse 1-I
• Nurse 1-II
• Nurse 1-III

• LVN Functional Statements

Office of Personnel Management:

• Series - Qualifi cation Standards for General schedule Positions - Nurse GS 0610
• Factor Level Discriptions - e.g., FACTOR 9 – WORK  ENVIRONMENT and FACTOR 8 – PHYSICAL DEMANDS

VA Facilities with intranet posted Functional Statements:

• VAMC Fresno, CA -   GS 3 -  6
• VA North Texas Healthcare System - Register RN and others
• VA North Florida and South Georgia - Position Titles
• VAMC Bronx, NJ - Functional Statements
• VAMC Phoenix, Ar - Functional Statements
• VAMC Las Vegas, NV - Utilization of Criteria Based Functional Statements for RNs
• VA New York Harbor - Functional Statements
• VA Sheridan - VA form 10 - 2623

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA):

• Emergency Department (ED) Module
  • Site Map
  • Healthcare Wide Hazards
• Nursing Home e-tool

• Checklist of Highlighted Hazards in the Emergency Department

• Violation of Hazard Analysis for PPE

Skaterholders:

Safety Committees/Environment of Care Council (VHA Guide to Responsiblities) -

• Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• Madison WI
• VISN7
• Huntington
• Las Vegas 

Articles:

• Federal Workers' Compensation Connection - December 2004:   Job hazard analysis will improve safety responsibility - First phase of the study will be submitted to Journal of Safety Research for publication.
• Occupational Hazards - 2/4/05:  American Association of Occupatinal Health Nurses Unveils 2005 Public Policy Platform ---  AAOHN supports a number of initiatives that focus on strategies to foster safe and healthful work environments for nurses and all health care professionals.

Bureau of Labor Statistics:

• Data Page

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health:

• NIOSH Safety and Health Topic - Health Care Workers