Developing a Comprehensive Approach to Violence in the Workplace

Conference Overview:  Dr. Sean Pridgeon and Dr. Susan Scott will provide an overview of current trends in healthcare workplace violence, highlighting the latest evidence-based prevention strategies.  They will discuss solution-focused approaches and provide guidance on effectively supporting victims of workplace violence.

 Learning Objectives:

• Describe the impact of workplace violence on the health and well-being of the health care workforce.
• Discuss the three leading evidence-based strategies recommended for preventing workplace violence in healthcare settings.
• Outline supportive measures that can be implemented in a healthcare setting after a workplace violence incident to promote healing and psychological safety of the workforce.

Your Faculty:

Sean Pridgeon, DNP, RN, CNL, EPB-CH, NE-BC
Director of Professional Practice, Department of Nursing
MU Healthcare

Dr. Sean Pridgeon is the Director of Professional Practice for the Department of Nursing at MU Health Care. He started at MU Health Care in 2008 as a graduate nurse in critical care. He is also a Major in the United States Army Reserves serving as a critical care nurse. He co-leads MU Healthcare's workplace violence programs supported by Shanon Fucik as its executive leader.

Sean resides in Fayette, MO with his wife Amia and 4 children. He enjoys serving the communities that have supported and grown him. He became a nursing leader to help improve the wellbeing of nurses, the people who choose to serve others.

Susan D. Scott, PhD, RN, CPPS, FAAN
Nurse Scientist
University of Missouri Health Care

Dr. Scott has practiced the art and science of nursing in various clinical settings, including Neonatal ICU, Neonatal/Pediatric critical care transport, ambulatory pediatrics, risk management, and patient safety. She currently works as a Nurse Scientist at the University of Missouri Health Care. Through her pioneering research on the second victim phenomenon, Dr. Scott helped launch the first-if-its-kind peer to peer support network, known as the forYOU Team. As a clinically based researcher, she specializes in healthcare workforce well-being and creating holistic institutional support networks for clinicians. Dr. Scott has globally transformed the understanding of the second victim phenomenon, offering knowledge to drive effective strategies for individuals and institutions. Dr. Scott has partnered with agencies such as the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the American Hospital Association, The Joint Commission, and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement to ensure that comprehensive support interventions are available to healthcare workers worldwide. 

Accredited Continuing Education

Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by AXIS Medical Education and the MHA Health Institute. AXIS Medical Education is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Credit Designation
Nursing — AXIS Medical Education designates this continuing nursing education activity for 1.0 contact hour each.
Learners are advised that accredited status does not imply endorsement by the provider or ANCC of any commercial products displayed in conjunction with an activity.

All Other Participants — A certificate of attendance for 1.0 clock hour each will be provided.

Requirements for Credit:

• Attend/participate in the educational activity and review all course materials.
• Complete the CE Declaration form online by 11:59 pm on October 10, 2024. Instructions will be provided. If you do not enter the online portal by the above date, you will not be able to retrieve your statement of participation.
• Upon successful completion of the online form, your statement of completion will be presented to you to print.

AXIS Contact Information
For information about the accreditation of this program please contact AXIS at info@axismeded.org.

Disclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships

AXIS Medical Education requires faculty, instructors, authors, planners, directors, managers, peer reviewers, and other individuals who are in a position to control the content of this activity to disclose all personal financial relationships they may have in the past 24 months with ineligible companies. An ineligible entity is any organization whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. All relevant financial relationships are identified and mitigated prior to initiation of the planning phase for an activity. 

 AXIS has mitigated and disclosed to learners all relevant financial relationships disclosed by staff, planners, faculty/authors, peer reviewers, or others in control of content for this activity. Disclosure of a relationship is not intended to suggest or condone bias in any presentation but is made to provide participants with information that might be of potential importance to their evaluation of a presentation or activity. Disclosure information for faculty, authors, course directors, planners, peer reviewers, and/or relevant staff is provided with this activity.

The faculty, Sean Pridgeon, DNP, RN, CNL, EPB-CH, NE-BC and Susan D. Scott, PhD, RN, CPPS, FAAN, reported no relevant financial relationships or relationships they have with ineligible companies of any amount during the past 24 months.

 The directors, planners, managers, peer reviewers, and relevant staff reported the following financial relationships they have with any ineligible company of any amount during the past 24 months:

Disclaimer
Participants have an implied responsibility to use the newly acquired information to enhance patient outcomes and their own professional development. The information presented in this activity is not meant to serve as a guideline for patient management. Any procedures, medications, or other courses of diagnosis or treatment discussed in this activity should not be used by clinicians without evaluation of patient conditions and possible contraindications on dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer’s product information, and comparison with recommendations of other authorities.

For More Information

Contact Peggy Taylor at ptaylor@mhanet.com or 573-893-3700, ext. 1370 with questions.