Workplace Safety
Colorado Hospital Association’s investment in workplace safety extends to the development of a “toolkit” of resources for members to use when developing their internal safety plans. An effective plan contains information and structures that cover all aspects of safety: prevention, intervention and support. Colorado hospitals vary significantly in their plans and development/refinement of their plans. CHA provides access to resources for members to consider in the development of their workplace safety programs. Many available programs cover prevention and intervention strategies for the readiness and response to both external and internal critical incidents. Readiness and resources for staff support is critical component to staff recovery after an exposure to a critical incident.
Prevention and Intervention
Aggression Management Webinar
This is a 52 minute webinar on aggression management training in health care, given by Seth Karnes. You can download the .pdf slide handout here.
Additional Prevention and Intervention Resources
- Hospitals Against Violence – American Hospital Association
- Mitigating Violence in the Workplace – Created by the American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE) and the Emergency Nurses Association (ENA), these principles provide a framework to systematically reduce lateral, and patient and family violence in hospital settings.
- Help hospital employees cope with the impact of violence. Listen to podcasts on topics including: Care for the Caregiver, Addressing Violence through Behavioral Safety Teams, Hope of Reducing Patient on Provider Violence, 2-STOP Program to Prevent Workplace Violence
- HSS Aggression Management Resources
Support
Critical Incidents
Colorado Hospital Association has compiled these resources to help members prepare for, navigate and support staff through a critical incident in a hospital. These events can be wide-ranging, including abuse from patients and/or family members, being exposed and responding to mass casualty events or a difficult loss of a patient – each requiring the attention of the impacted personnel’s supervisors and hospital leadership. The impact on hospital staff caused by these critical incidents goes well beyond the physical, leaving care teams with emotional responses that can be triggered even years after the fact.
Critical Incident Resources
Disaster Preparedness and Response Modules
- CDC Traumatic Incident Stress
- Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress
- Psychological First Aid
- Colorado Crisis Education and Response Network
- Mental Health and Mass Violence
Critical Incident Stress Management