Violence Inoculation for Healthcare Professionals

Violence Inoculation for Healthcare Professionals

Healthcare workers experience extreme levels of violence. In fact, non-lethal assaults on nurses, technicians and physicians lead virtually every other career, including law enforcement and other widely presumed "dangerous" occupations.

Not unique to the U.S. the United Kingdom or Canada, it is truly a global problem.

Violence Inoculation for Healthcare Professionals provides awareness of the problem, its causes, and how healthcare staff can maintain a safe environment for themselves and their patients. 

1. The course is video based and takes approximately 2.5 hours to complete

2. Each video lecture duration is approximately 2-15 minutes in duration. 

3. In addition to the lectures, resources include an occasional .PDF reading assignment or a visit to an external internet link.

   
   

   
   

Why Take This Course?

Students/Applicants:

• Students seldom receive orientation regarding violence in their newly-chosen profession. This unique overview inoculates those entering, or considering entering, the field. 

• The program provides a dose of reality before committing to an expensive training program or considering a position in healthcare or social service. 

• Violence Inoculation  minimizes the "gob smacked" factor that many new healthcare workers feel when they first step into their new role.

•  This awareness minimizes new hire  trauma (and related turn-over) and potentially patient dissatisfaction rates.

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Healthcare/Organization Leadership:

The course provides a sense of structure to senior nursing staff, administrators, and healthcare executives who understand the violence situation, but are seeking a channel to communicate it to assigned staff.

As a healthcare leader, the course will reinforce your organization's competitiveness in the new world of HCAHPS and pay-for-performance.

Violence Inoculation: A Survival Manual for Healthcare Professionals:

• Is an excellent road map for mentoring and leading junior staff in difficult times.

• Delivers a sense of confidence to both clinical and ancillary staff when facing aggressive, and potentially violent behavior.

• Directly contributes to the Environment of Care. (and patient safety)

• Responds to staff concerns regarding their personal safety and management's response to those issues.

A Survival Guide for Caregivers

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What you will learn

• At the end of this course, students will recognize potentially dangerous situations before they occur.
• Students will understand the unique risk factors that contribute to anxiety and aggression in the healthcare work environment.
• Students will be able to assess non-verbal indicators of potential violence and recognize pre-assault indicators

Rating: 4.75

Level: Beginner Level

Duration: 2.5 hours

Instructor: Cole Morris