UNCH 2019 Nursing Annual Report - 15

UNC Hospitals
is a place for
healing, and...
abusive behaviors
towards health
care workers will
not be tolerated.

STAFF PROFILES
STAFF AWARDS

The WSC completed its design and publication
of signs with images of frontline staff and the
Executive Leadership team to encourage staff
reporting incidents of verbal, physical, and sexual
violence in the workplace. Additionally, signage
was finalized with a message from the Executive
Leadership team stating that UNC Hospitals is a
place for healing, and that
abusive behaviors towards
health care workers will
not be tolerated. These
signs are located at
high-traffic locations such
as hospital entrances
and admissions areas.
The WSC recently met
with leadership from the
Outpatient Clinics who will
also be using these signs
throughout the many UNC
Hospitals clinic locations.

This webpage was created as a centralized
place for all UNC Hospitals staff to access
valuable resources to assist in preventing and
managing WPV. Resources provided include all
applicable policies and guidelines, previously
described signage, as well as high-level and
department-specific data and graphs for tracking
the numbers and locations of WPV incidents
for continued focused improvement efforts.

FEATURE STORY

SUPPORT FOR REPORTING AND
INTOLERANCE OF WORKPLACE VIOLENCE

IMPLEMENTATION OF WORK PLACE SAFETY
DEPARTMENT WEBPAGE ON THE INTRANET

MAGNET ® STORIES

current hospital policies on issues related to Code
Walkers, Elopement, and Behavioral Responses;
the first steps of the Involuntary Commitment
Process; how to incorporate Team STEPPS into
the Behavioral Response setting; and basic deescalation skills. During the second half of this
training, the interdisciplinary group learns how to
implement advanced physical interventions that
assist with safely establishing control of a patient
using a team approach. The class ends with a series
of case scenarios where the group role plays and
applies the skills they learned. Feedback from this
class was positive and, as a result, the Advanced
Life Support Training Center will be facilitating more
of these classes until all BRT members are trained.

LETTER

Special Feature

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

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