Hospital Violence Reduction – Sentinel Events
Violence in Healthcare — A Growing Crisis The Joint Commission has identified violence and aggression in healthcare settings as a serious threat to the safe operation of hospitals and clinics. Once rare, these incidents are now part of a disturbing upward trend. Once considered safe havens, health care institutions today are confronting steadily increasing rates […]
Hospital Violence Reduction – Permission to Intervene
Hospital Violence Reduction: Permission to Intervene In some environments, there is sometimes still a question about whether a security officer or a nurse who uses force in a situation could rely on the backing of their management — and the backing of the hospital — if they intervene and are then challenged legally. The intrinsic […]