How to Conduct an Annual Workplace Violence Worksite Analysis
The Joint Commission requires an annual worksite analysis and action on what it finds. Here is how to run one, step by step, from building the team to proving ...
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What OSHA Actually Requires: The General Duty Clause and Workplace Violence in Healthcare
There is no federal OSHA workplace violence standard for healthcare. There is a General Duty Clause, a four-part test, and an inspector who reads your own ...
Workplace Violence Incident Reporting and Post-Incident Follow-Up Requirements in Healthcare
What has to be reported, to whom, and on what clock, and why the follow-up record you attach to each report matters as much as the report itself. Every ...
Workplace Violence Prevention Plan Template for Healthcare: How to Write One That Changes Something
A section-by-section template a hospital can copy, mapped to the Joint Commission, CMS, OSHA, and state requirement each section answers. Most hospitals ...
The Role of Leadership in Workplace Violence Prevention
Every framework that governs this work names the same first requirement. Not training, not a policy. Management commitment. Here is what that actually means ...
De-Escalation in the Emergency Department: Why the ED Changes Everything
De-escalation in the emergency department uses the same principles as everywhere else in the hospital. The emergency department changes how those principles ...
Building a Workplace Violence Reporting Culture Where Staff Actually Report
Make the form easier and reporting barely moves. Here is what the data says actually changes it, and what to do with the reports once they start coming in. ...
Workplace Violence and Nurse Turnover: The Retention Connection
Most healthcare leaders are sure violence drives nurses out. Here is what the evidence supports, what it does not, and the number that holds up either way.
Elevating Safety Culture in Healthcare: What Nurse Leaders and Healthcare Executives Need to Know
About This Article This article, written by Vistelar's Chief Clinical Officer, Dr. Julibeth Lauren, PhD, APRN, ACNS-BC, CENP, is organized into two sections ...
A Security Leader's Roadmap for Affecting Change
Many times, security leaders recognize that if we are not to deliver on our mission, something in our operation needs to change. At the same time, we will ...