5 Steps to Prepare for Patient Violence in Hospitals
The IAHSS released guidance this month to help hospitals handle patient and visitor violence.
The IAHSS released guidance this month to help hospitals handle patient and visitor violence.
The new mandate requires all acute-care hospitals and skilled-nursing facilities in California to have comprehensive workplace violence prevention plans.
Implementing certain policies and procedures at your hospital can make a big impact on workplace violence prevention efforts.
One informal workplace violence survey found that one in three nurses were kicked or hit.
A nurse at Newark’s University Hospital was stabbed in the abdomen during an attempted robbery when returning to her car.
The poll found 68 percent have experienced at least one incident of violence in the past year while 20 percent have experienced nine or more.
Additional metal detectors, security cameras and panic buttons have been installed throughout the hospital after the near-fatal stabbing of an ER nurse.
The assailant snuck into a secured area behind a housekeeping staff member and stabbed the victim in the back of the neck.
The new penalty for assaulting a healthcare professional is similar to the penalty for assaulting a police officer.
The hospital plans to stay open despite the funding cuts.
Join Campus Safety and Stephen Lopez, Chief of the New Mexico State University Police Department to learn how to apply the KISUS (Keep It Simple Under Stress) principle so that emergency plans are easy to train, learn, and utilize.
New tracking technology is now available to help campus officials make the best decisions and keep students and staff safe when severe weather strikes.
