M502: Workplace Safety Smackdown!
Thursday, October 31, 2024 Concurrent Sessions New Knowledge, Innovations, and Improvements Transformational Leadership
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
“Buddy Up” for Nurse Safety
Learn about an innovative safety alert sign initiative in the Emergency Department to warn staff before entering rooms of patients with high risk for aggression. This nurse co-led project empowered nurses to set limits on verbal and physical abuse to protect their physical/psychological safety.
Presenters: Rosemarie Nolazco, MSN, RN, TNS, NE-BC, Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital, Geneva, IL
Implementation of a K-9 Workplace Safety Program
Learn about how a transformational executive nurse leader led a workplace violence interprofessional team through the planning and implementation of an innovative and dedicated full-time K-9 program to keep nurses, health care teams, patients, and families safe.
Presenters: Vicki Housner, Certified Explosives Detection K-9 Handler & Geisinger Medical Center Regional K-9 Handler, Geisinger Medical Center, Danvill, PA Jami Studebaker, BSN, RN, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA