Promoting Staff Safety: A Workplace Violence Mitigation Strategy

Activity Summary

Required reading for all learners: Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes

The rise of violence against healthcare workers is an epidemic affecting all aspects of the healthcare profession. Workplace violence contributes to an unhealthy work environment and results in caregiver distress and staff turnover. Proactive identification of patients at risk for violence through an electronic screening tool enables nurses to collaborate with interdisciplinary partners, initiate early interventions through an individualized plan of care and practice safely in their workplace. The Dynamic Appraisal of Situational Aggression (DASA) was used as an electronic screening tool to identify patients at risk of violence, so that interventions could be put in place to mitigate the risk of violence.

Objectives

Review literature and recommendations regarding workplace violence.
Analyze DASA tool for integration into acute care setting.
Apply nursing process, de-escalation tools and multimodal communication strategies to reduce identify and reduce workplace violence.

Continuing Education Disclosure Statement

Successful Completion

Learners must complete the entire activity and the associated evaluation to be awarded contact hours AND read Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes. No partial credit will be awarded.

Accreditation

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider number CEP 1036, for {contactHours} contact hours.

Disclosures

Any relevant relationship between an ineligible company and an individual with the ability to influence clinical content will be identified by the Nurse Planner within the activity. Any relevant relationship between an ineligible company and an individual with the ability to influence clinical content has been mitigated.

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