Amanda Laprime, Rebecca Kanaley, Amy Keller, Steve J Stephen, Jan Schriefer, Anne Fallon, Tina Sosa
BACKGROUND: Health care workers in the United States are facing increasing rates of exposure to aggressive behavior, resulting in an increase in employee injuries related specifically to patient behavioral events. By leveraging interprofessional collaboration and system-level innovation, we aimed to reduce the rate of employee injuries related to patient behavioral events at a children's hospital by 50% over a 3-year period. METHODS: An interdisciplinary quality improvement team comprising physicians, behavior analysts, nursing, and other key stakeholders developed a comprehensive behavior program in our children's hospital...
April 12, 2024: Hospital Pediatrics