Toolkit for Mitigating Violence in the Workplace-Toolkit for Mitigating Violence in the Workplace

Toolkit for Mitigating Violence in the Workplace

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The American Organization for Nursing Leadership and the Emergency Nurses Association have released a Toolkit for Mitigating Violence in the Workplace. This toolkit provides nurse leaders with resources and a step-by-step approach to reducing violence in healthcare settings. The toolkit outlines six steps that can be taken to mitigate workplace violence. <br /><br />Step 1 is to understand workplace violence, defined as any act or threat of physical violence, harassment, intimidation, or other disruptive behavior that occurs at the work site. The toolkit identifies four types of workplace violence: criminal intent, customer/client on worker, worker-on-worker, and personal relationship.<br /><br />Step 2 emphasizes the importance of creating a culture of nonviolence. This involves developing a policy with a zero-tolerance framework and clearly defining consequences for violent behavior.<br /><br />Step 3 focuses on assessing and mitigating risk factors. Risk factors include individual behavior, environmental conditions, organizational culture, and personal characteristics. The toolkit provides resources for conducting a workplace violence risk assessment.<br /><br />Step 4 involves developing a workplace violence prevention program. This program should include a reporting and documentation system for acts of violence, strategies for incident management, and post-event support. Resources are provided to help create a prevention program.<br /><br />Step 5 emphasizes the need to continuously train and deploy staff. Regular safety education should be provided, including active shooter training and de-escalation training. The toolkit provides resources for staff training.<br /><br />Step 6 highlights the importance of evaluating and measuring the impact of the violence prevention program. Evaluation and documentation of findings should be shared with the workplace violence prevention interdisciplinary team, leadership/administration, and the workforce.<br /><br />Overall, this toolkit provides nurse leaders with the necessary resources and guidance to effectively mitigate violence in the workplace.

Keywords

American Organization for Nursing Leadership

Emergency Nurses Association

Toolkit for Mitigating Violence in the Workplace

nurse leaders

reducing violence

healthcare settings

workplace violence

types of workplace violence

culture of nonviolence

workplace violence prevention program