Strategies for Maintaining a Healthy Work Environment and Organization's Responsibility

The nature of the work environment in nursing practice affects the care outcomes and how patients respond to different issues. In this regard, nursing managers and administrators need to propose strategies to improve nurses’ experiences within the environment and guarantee positive health outcomes. The environment should be safe, satisfying, and empowering to the nurses. It is essential to note that the work environment affects patient experiences. Therefore, the factors that produce negative impacts must be highlighted. The paper aims to discuss the strategies for maintaining a healthy work environment in nursing practice, including the legal implication of workplace violence. Further, the paper also discusses the responsibilities of an organization in providing a healthy work environment, reviewing the ANA Bill of Rights and how it protects nurses.

Strategies for Maintaining a Healthy Work Environment

When a healthy work environment is created, nurses can provide higher standards of care and exhibit empathy to patients. This is vital to enhance the overall health outcomes within the institution. Organizations with healthy work environments outperform those without proper standards of work. Several strategies can be used to maintain a healthy work environment (Busnello et al., 2021). First, managers and administrators should maintain skilled communication, ensuring proficiency and enhancing the effectiveness of clinical care. A healthy work environment also enhances collaboration between practitioners, enhancing care quality and reducing work pressures for nurses (Stand et al., 2021). This will lead to effective decision-making within the organization and ensure that all stakeholders advocate for nurses’ wellbeing. Managers should also exhibit authentic leadership and embrace the responsibility of managing a healthy work environment.

Workplace violence includes actions that produce psychological and physical healthy working abilities. In this regard, it is essential to have elaborate rules or guidelines to ensure that nurses are protected from any form of potential violence. Nurses experience violence from patients or customers during the process of care delivery (Copeland, 2021). The second common type of violence involves nurse-to-nurse, where a nurse threatens or attacks another. Legally, perpetrators o...