Guides: Health Services Assistance (Acute Care): Work Health & Safety

eBooks

How to Organize Yourself: Simple ways to take control, save time and work more efficiently, 6th Edition. (2019) How to Organize Yourself will help you to dramatically improve the way you work. With great tips on how to determine your goals, prioritize your tasks and manage your time, it also includes practical advice on how to: focus on the things that produce results; overcome distractions; build positive work habits; avoid information overload and make effective use of technology. Updated for 2019, this 6th edition now features even more practical exercises, useful templates, and top tips to help you get organized, as well as content on how to deal with the ubiquitous presence of smartphones and adapt to the ever-increasing scope for interruption and procrastination in our 24/7 lives.
Moving and Handling Patients at a Glance (2016) Moving and Handling Patients at a Glance provides an accessible introduction to the key theoretical underpinnings of moving and handling, including the legal aspects, biomechanics, risk assessment and safe principles of handling. Moving and Handling Patients at a Glance is ideal for nursing students, health care assistants, newly qualified nurses, as well as physiotherapists and occupational therapists.
Rush Hour. Don't Stress. Just Do One Thing at a Time (2024) there is an anti-stress remedy for every situation. Even if all the demands that come crashing down on us constantly suggest otherwise, there is a simple solution for almost all problems. And that is: Let stress densely, relaxed you can do everything! We give you the best possible help on the topics of career, finance, management, personnel work and life assistance.

Books

Health Services Assistance: Supporting nursing in acute care (2018) Chapter 1 - Participate in Workplace Health and Safety
Moving and Handling Patients at a Glance (2016) Moving and Handling Patients at a Glance provides an accessible introduction to the key theoretical underpinnings of moving and handling, including the legal aspects, biomechanics, risk assessment and safe principles of handling
Tabbner's Nursing Care 2 Vol Set (2021) Chapter 8 on work, health and safety

Injury Hotspots - an Interactive Tool

Injury Hotspots
This tool provides an industry-wide snapshot of how people get injured at work, pinpointing areas on the body that are most likely to be injured.

Online Videos

A day in the life of a nurse (2017) Emergency nurse Rebecca Caulfield discusses the work health and safety risks of working in a busy emergency department where new and unexpected challenges are a daily occurrence.
Incivility In Nursing (2018) Incivility in nursing, also known as horizontal violence or nurse bullying, is a real problem.
Manual Handling: Assisting Clients Safely (2016) Develop the skills to safely and effectively assist people to move more independently in a home care setting.
Manual Handling for Disability The trouble with manual handling injuries is that they tend to creep on the victim after years and years of improper practices. This manual handling for disability support workers training program deals with: • The specific laws of managing hazardous manual handling tasks • How to assess and control the risks • How to lift and carry safely

Safetyhub WHS Videos

Safetyhub WHS Videos > NMT This link opens in a new window A large collection of workplace health and safety videos in a range of areas and occupations.

Standards

Standards Australia > NMT This link opens in a new window A complete listing of all the Australian and New Zealand Standards that you require for your work and study. FAQ's to assist you are also to be found here.

North Metropolitan TAFE Standards Australia Help FAQ - How do I access Austalian Standards? FAQ - How do I register for Australian Standards? FAQ - What is the difference between viewing Standards online and downloading them?

AS 3745-2010 • Planning for emergencies in facilities
AS 4083-2010 • Planning for emergencies in health care facilities

Websites

ANMF - Policies Guidelines and Position Statements Assistants in Nursing Breastfeeding Bullying in the workplace Care of the person with a life limiting illness Child care Conscientious objection Digital health Equal opportunity in the workplace Fatigue prevention Female genital mutilation/cutting Health and the environment International recruitment of nurses and midwives Mental health nursing Nursing education: enrolled nurse Nursing education: registered nurse Nursing practice Nursing specialty Prevention of occupational violence and aggression in the workplace Prevention of sexual harassment in the workplace Residential and community aged care services: staffing and standards Role boundaries in the provision of personal care Rostering Safe patient handling Safe staffing of nursing and midwifery services Smoke-free work environment Standards for practice for nurses and midwives Vaccination and immunisation Whistleblowing Work health and safety Workers' compensation and rehabilitation for injured and ill nurses, midwives and assistants in nursing Workplace stress prevention
Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (2023)
Healthcare - Colour Code Warning System (2019) A recognised standard within healthcare facilities in Australia is the colour coded emergency response system.
How to Manage Work Health and Safety Risks - Code of Practice (2018) This model Code of Practice has been developed to provide practical guidance for persons who have duties to manage risks to health and safety under the WHS Act and Regulations applying in a jurisdiction. The duty is placed on persons conducting a business or undertaking, including employers, self-employed, principal contractors, persons with management or control of a workplace, designers, manufacturers, importers and suppliers of plant, substances or structures that are used for work.
Manual Tasks Guide for Carers (2014) Tips for carers on preventing musculoskeletal injuries from performing manual tasks.
Manual Tasks in Healthcare and Social Assistance
Prevention and Management of Violence & Aggression in Health Services (2023) OVA happens when a person is abused, threatened or assaulted in work-related situations. This is common in the healthcare industry and can result in physical, psychological injuries and death. This document outlines the occupational health and safety duties of healthcare employers
Safety in E-Health (2023) The Commission contributes to e-Health safety by optimising safety and quality in the rollouts of digital clinical systems. It focuses on hospital medication management programs and discharge summaries, and uses e-Health initiatives to improve the safety and quality of health care, including antimicrobial stewardship.
Safety Signs (2023) Warning or hazard signs, warning signage or hazard symbols are usually black and yellow and helps to alert for hazardous conditions, danger, obstacles, obstruction or risks that is not likely to be life threatening. Warning signs ranges from flammable materials signs, risk of fire, asbestos dust hazard sign, asbestos educational warning sign, overhead crane warning, biohazards, biohazard authorised personnel only sign, biohazard sharps disposables only signage and many more!
SafeWork Australia SWA is an Australian government statutory body established in 2008 to develop national policy relating to WHS and workers’ compensation.
Working Safely in Visiting Health Services (2023) How to manage safety for people who provide health services in clients’ houses.
Workplace Inspection Checklist for Hospitals (2015) Examples for other areas as well: stress hazardous substances slips, trips and falls etc
WorkSafe WA - Health and Safety topics Aggression Bullying Mental Health Slips, trips and falls Stress etc