Focus: Security

Training key to curbing hospital violence

Workplace violence injuries increased by 55 percent among nurses during this time period from 2012 to 2014


Training and partnerships are key to curbing hospital violence according to an article on the Hospitals & Health Networks website.

Bonnie Michelman, executive director of police, security and outside services at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and the security consultant for Partners Healthcare Inc., lead a recent American Organization of Nurse Executives webinar on healthcare facility violence. 

Massachusetts General has developed tactics to continuously improve its security, including:

• Education for nurses as part of their orientation. Police and security staff are also certified in behavioral recognition training.

• A multidisciplinary team, led by police and security, that also includes clinical and employee assistance program, risk management and psychiatry staff

Read the article.

 



July 3, 2017


Topic Area: Security


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