Creating Safe and Healing Environments: Innovative Curriculum to Support Team Members During Patient and Family Escalations in a Quaternary Care Pediatric Hospital (401)

Wednesday, September 15, 2021

10:05 AM – 11:05 AM CDT

CE: 1

NCC Codes:
RNC-NIC: 4
NNP-BC: 5
RNC-LRN: 5

Main Presenter(s)

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Christine Griffin, PhD, RN,NPD-BC, CPN

Professional Development Specalist
Children's Hospital Colorado
Aurora, Colorado, United States

Disclosure: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Slides

Co-Author(s)

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Anna Woodroof, MS, RN, NPD-BC, CPHON

Professional Development Specialist
Children's Hospital Colorado
Aurora, Colorado, United States

Disclosure: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Participants should be aware of the following financial/non-financial relationships:

Christine Griffin, PhD, RN,NPD-BC, CPN: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Anna Woodroof, MS, RN, NPD-BC, CPHON: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

As witnesses and healers, healthcare providers step into their patients’ lives in the midst of intense emotions of pain, suffering, illness, trauma and sometimes impending death. These are not experienced in the abstract but in each tangible moment of care and compassion. While healthcare workers walk into these roles understanding the inherent stress of illness, no one signs up to take the brunt of unchecked emotions or poor coping competences. Unfortunately, the stress the patients and families can bubble over and create unsafe environments for these healthcare providers to work in. This presentation will define workplace violence in healthcare, look at the prevalence of this violence and offer advice, guidelines and resources need to stop this violence before it reaches the caring health professions facing it today.

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this presentation, the learner will be able to:

Conceptualize the process of developing a Workplace Violence curriculum for clinical team members including gap analysis, stake holder buy in, team-based curriculum development, measurement and sustainability practices.
Describe the resources developed to create safe and healing environments including developing standards of behavior, process plan and the continuum for healthcare environments.
Use innovative teaching methodologies including use of online educational platforms, team-based scenario practice and unit-based simulation to engage adult learners as they develop and sustain new skills.