Patient Violence Prevention and Mitigation: Healthcare Security Field Manual

This concise field manual delves into the risk factors for patient violence and the operational variables that can help or hinder a violence prevention and mitigation program.

A clear, multi-step program development process guides the efforts of healthcare security leaders and others charged with preventing and mitigating patient violence.

As an added benefit, the strategies and tactics in this manual will also help form a solid platform upon which to build out the rest of your organization's workplace violence program.

This field manual goes beyond the basics to equip you with both strategies and tactics to create and sustain an effective patient violence prevention and mitigation program in your organization. Topics covered include, but are not limited to:

• Foundations of patient violence in healthcare

• Operational risk factors for violence

• Manifestations of patient violence

• Catalysts of patient violence

• How to assess your organization’s risk of patient violence

• Maintaining your program

With multiple 5-Star reviews on Amazon and global distribution, the value of this book is clear from healthcare security leaders and others around the world who are working to stem the tide of violence in healthcare.