Empowering nurses and other caregivers to facilitate implementation of effective WPV programs while promoting personal safety and self-care practices

Description

Workplace violence (WPV) including physical and verbal violence by patients, clients, and co-workers, has been recognized as one of the leading occupational hazards that negatively impact the physical and mental wellbeing of nursing staff and other frontline caregivers.

This three-part webinar series covers strategies for nurses and other frontline caregivers to prevent and manage workplace violence, protect themselves and others from both physical and mental harm, and assist in leading WPV prevention efforts at work.

Freely available resources and tools that attendees can use and share with their employer to support WPV program efforts in their health care organization will be provided.

This webinar examines how nurses and other frontline caregivers can facilitate implementation of an effective WPV program and highlights best practices that promote personal safety in preventing and managing WPV during patient care activities.

The session will also identify relevant resources for nurses and other caregivers to develop or enhance WPV programs, as well as tools that facilitate self-care following exposure to occupational violence

Objectives

1. Define what nurses and other caregivers can do to support and facilitate an effective WPV program and a culture of worker and patient safety
2. Identify best practices that promote personal safety and assist to prevent and manage WPV when providing patient care
3. Identify resources that nurses and other caregivers can access to enhance or develop a WPV program and that assist with self-care when exposed to occupational violence

Learning Objectives and Agenda