Creating Safer Care Environments: De-Escalation Strategies for Type 2 Workplace Violence – Click here to begin
Presenter: Faleasha Gallagher, MPH, RN, ATCN, CCRN, Wisconsin Nurses Association

There are a number of strategies that have been identified that address prevention of workplace violence toward nurses. This presentation will focus on de-escalation as one specific strategy which includes:

  1. Defining and describing the prevalence of type 2 workplace violence in healthcare.
  2. Identifying the signs of escalation including triggers that may be displayed by health care workers.
  3. Describing strategies for establishing clear professional boundaries and application of evidence-based de-escalation techniques.
  4. Reviewing the common pitfalls that undermine de-escalation efforts and what to avoid.

DISCLOSURES:

  • There is 1.0 Contact Hours offered for the Self Study.
  • There are no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies on the part of any planners or the presenter of this activity.
  • WNA is the provider of this educational activity.
    Wisconsin Nurses Association is approved with distinction as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by Montana Nurses Association, an accredited approver with distinction by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.