Nursing Made Safe: Promoting De-escalation and Addressing Safety with a Behavioral Response Team

Activity Summary

Required reading for all learners: Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes

This session describes the role of an RN-led behavioral response team. We share how we utilize standard work to provide enhanced rounding, education to implement a structured response for patients experiencing behavioral crisis and provide ongoing consistent strategies for care delivery. The result is an increase in care planning, improved interprofessional team collaboration and establishment of standardized, objective reporting measures.

Objectives

Identify the fundamental components of an interprofessional behavioral response team.
Articulate the implementation of standard work to support staff safety and collect objective data.
Describe methods and metrics to evaluate the impact the behavioral response team has on patient outcomes and workplace safety.

Continuing Education Disclosure Statement

Criteria for Awarding Contact Hours

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

Accreditation

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

The Nurse Planner has determined that no individuals with the ability to control content of this activity have relevant relationships with ineligible companies.

Activities with pharmacotherapeutic credit are to assist the APRN in fulfilling their education requirements for licensure and certification renewals.

Refund Policy

Continuing Education Activities are nonrefundable.