Learning Objectives
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- Nurses' Voices
- Learning Objectives
- Get Involved
- Dress for Safety
- Be Aware of Your Work Environment
- Be Attuned to Patient Behaviors
- Violence Risk Assessment Tools
- Be Attuned to Your Own Responses
- Safety in Non-Institutional Settings
- Check Your Cultural Biases
- Check Your Understanding
- Supplemental Activities
- Congratulations!
Upon completion of this unit, the learner will be able to:
- Employ personal safety strategies to reduce risk of violence;
- Recognize verbal and behavioral cues in others that signal stress and the potential for violence;
- Use assessment tools for ascertaining a patient's level of risk for assault, homicide or self-injury.
Estimated time to complete this unit is 15 minutes.