2018 Oklahoma Annual Book of Reports

2018 Oklahoma Nurses Association
End Nurse Abuse in Oklahoma
Wednesday 9 am – 12 pm
Room: Promenade C-D
Our focus on Wednesday will be to localize ANA’s #EndNurseAbuse initiative by focusing on violence against
nurses in the workplace. Nurse violence ranges from incivility to physical assault with intent. Nationally, 1 in 4
nurses have experienced some kind of workplace violence and it is also happening in Oklahoma. This must
stop and ONA and its members must be part of the solution. We will divide this time period into the following
three components:
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Panel discussion on strategies and solutions to insure workplace safety
Panelists Invited:
Cecily Anderson, RN, St. John Medical Center
Karyl James, MSN, RN, Chief Nursing Officer, Mercy Hospital
Carmen Nickel, MSN, RN, President, Oklahoma Board of Nursing
Cathy Pierce, MS, RNC, CENP, Chief Nurse Executive OU Medicine
Lisa Rother, MHA, BSN, RN-BC, System Admin. Director Clinical Education & Professional
Development, INTEGRIS Health
Lynn Sund, BSN, MBA, RN, Senior Vice President/Chief Nurse Executive, Saint Francis Health System
Understanding Dynamics of Aggressive Behavior
Captain Ronnie Johnson, Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office
Defense and De-escalation Tactics
Dee Dee Carter, Lieutenant, Public Safety Specialist, INTEGRIS Health
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this presentation the participant will be able to:
1. Describe the role nurses can play in ending nurse abuse.
2. Discuss workplace violence and potential solutions
3. Identify issues related to the workplace violence in health care settings
4. Describe solutions that hospitals are implementing to end workplace violence
5. Describe the effects of workplace violence on nurses and patient care
6. Discuss the “power wheel” and the dynamics of power
7. Explain a minimum of 2 ways to deal with aggressive behavior to de-escalate a situation.
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