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Healthcare and Workplace Violence

Workshop Overview:

Approximately 75% of the nearly 25,000 Workplace Assaults reported occurring in healthcare or social-service settings. This workshop will prepare your staff to identify potential workplace violence threats, provide guidance to safely manage a workplace violence incident, and assist in recovery from violence in the workplace.

Workshop Objectives:

  • Review workplace violence statistics and incidents

  • Identify conditions and situations in the workplace that may precede workplace violence

  • Understand how to recognize behaviors and early signs of potential acts of violence

  • Identify the signs of an escalating threat of workplace violence

  • Learn how to respond appropriately and to decrease the threat of escalating

  • Identify signs and symptoms of staff members experiencing traumatic stress from acts of violence  

  • Identify strategies to help staff members experiencing post-traumatic stress

Recommended Participants:

Healthcare Administrators, Emergency Operations Program Planning Teams and All Health Care Personnel

Cost: $75 per individual