What: FREE Webinar 
Where: Online 
When: ON DEMAND

Workplace Violence Prevention Training Considerations for Healthcare Staff

This program will focus on the issue of workplace violence in the healthcare industry, current trends regarding violence rates, root causes for these behaviors and unique factors present in healthcare and social assistance environments which can cause such behaviors. Common factors in behaviors of concern, appropriate techniques for de-escalating conflict and the spectrum of workplace violence from intimidation to active assailant will be reviewed. Legislative and regulatory issues will also be discussed including what content workplace violence training programs should consider in order to meet current OSHA requirements.

Learning Objectives:

1. Define workplace violence and understand types & sources of same.
2. Recognize the signs and symptoms of precursors to workplace violence events
3. Describe the OSHA General Duty Clause in relation to workplace violence events and the elements that are typically required in a successful WPV program
4. Explain how to protect yourself in the event of an active assailant/workplace violence situation

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