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ForwardImproving Safety – A Violence Prevention Strategy June 6
Healthcare workers are exposed to more workplace violence than any other profession. Evidence demonstrates that a multimodal approach to prevention is the best strategy and should include education, skills demonstration, leadership support, and organizational change.
Target Audience
Nurses
Learning Objectives
Employee will demonstrate application of trauma-informed care when engaging with patients and families.
Employee will develop an improved sense of self and situational awareness to promote their safety in the workplace.
Employee will apply physical skills learned to promote safety when providing patient care.
Mitigating Workplace Violence Staff Training
8:30-8:45 Introductions
8:45-10:30 Didactic
Prinicples of mitigation
Proactive safety measures
Reactive safety measures
10:30-11:30 Physical escapes demonstration and teach back
Kimberly Baker, MSN, RN CARN, NPD-BC
Dorie Mckelvey, BSN, RN, CMSRN
Carol Cisney, MSN, RN, CPAN
In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 3.0 contact hours.
To receive 3.0 Contact Hours, the learner must sign in, attend the entire activity, and complete the activity evaluation.
Available Credit
- 3.00 ANCCUPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation