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Nurse Talks Empowerment Series: Workplace Violence: It’s Beyond Time to Truly Make This a Never Event
The pandemic has brought a focus to the physical and psychological needs of the healthcare workforce. Many are surprised to learn how frequently violence and threats of violence occur in healthcare settings. Nurses should not be deterred from the goal of making these incidents Never Events. It’s time to talk about solutions to help decrease the risk of both physical and psychological injury in the workplace.
Disclosures to Learners
Accreditation Statement: Texas Nurses Association/Foundation Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Relevant Financial Relationships Statement: The activity’s Nurse Planner has determined that no one who has the ability to control the content of this learning activity has a relevant financial relationship.
To receive credit for this continuing nursing education activity, the participant must:
1. Attend the entire learning activity
2. Complete and submit an online post-activity evaluation
Lisa Waggoner Thomas, DNP, APRN, ACNS-BC, CRRN, NEA-BC, CNE, Assistant Professor, Clinical, UT Health Houston-Cizik School of Nursing
Lisa W. Thomas, DNP, RN, ACNS-BC, is a Clinical Nurse Specialist, with over 15 years of experience in the rehabilitation setting, managing staff education needs and clinical consultations for this population. A graduate of the Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston DNP Executive Nurse Leadership program, she joined the faculty of the Acute and Continuing Care Department in 2016 and continues to pursue clinical practice opportunities with TIRR Memorial Hermann and the UT Stroke Institute. Her background in teaching behavioral management strategies for clinicians in high-risk areas led to her solution-focused approaches to decreasing workplace violence.
