The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has determined a children's hospital in Columbus, Ohio failed to adequately protect healthcare employees from workplace violence. Patients attacked nurses and other healthcare professionals and their bites, kicks, punches, and other assaults resulted in staff members sustaining serious injuries.
A primary but least-understood aspect of burnout is workplace cynicism. Leaders need to be aware of the causes and effects of workplace cynicism and take steps to create anti-cynical cultures.
Members of Generation Z, those born between 1997 and 2012, have surpassed Baby Boomers in the workforce and are having a greater impact on the nation's labor pool and how work gets done.