The healthcare industry assumes patients are heterosexual and therefore patient care is based on that assumption which can negatively impact quality patient care of the LGBTQI patient.
The healthcare environment creates a major challenge in the prevention and intervention of violence. The rate of injuries and illnesses to healthcare professionals from violence in the healthcare industry is more than three times greater than violence in all private industry. Nurses, for example, are victims of violence more than police officers.
Employers are seeing more mental health issues in their workforce than ever before. COVID enhanced mental health concerns even more. Each year 1 in 5 adults is stricken with a mental illness (National Institute of Mental health), making mental illness an everyday reality for many of your employees.
Dr. Susan Strauss