Psychiatric Emergency Department Reduces Inpatient Psychiatry Seclusion Rates and Workplace Violence Reports
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Speakers: Joshua Moran Jimenez, BSN, RN, CPHQ, NE-BC, CPAHA, CARN, PMH-BC, Christa Walden, BSN, RN, PMH-BC, Alexa Carey, BSN, RN, PMH-BC
The purpose of this presentation is to discuss efforts to reduce violence and seclusion rates on a psychiatric emergency services unit. Through the implementation of an evidence-based protocol that includes assessment of violence risk using a validated tool, identifying de-escalation and coping techniques, and post-incident debriefs rates of violence and seclusion declined. The session will include a brief background, a description of the setting and population, interventions used, pre- and post-intervention data, lessons learned, limitations, future recommendations, and implications for practice.