Managing Aggressive Behaviors
Hours: 0.50
As a healthcare worker, you face many different hazards within your professional environment. Caring for a person who demonstrates aggressive behaviors is just one of those hazards. People with aggressive behaviors have the potential to harm not only you but themselves and others. To prevent harm, you must quickly intervene to de-escalate the situation. This means that you should know how to use strategies and techniques to reduce a person’s aggression. In this course, you will learn ways to recognize, prevent, and manage aggressive behaviors to protect yourself and others.
The goal of this course is to educate general staff in post-acute care settings about recognizing, preventing, and managing aggressive behaviors.
As a healthcare worker, you face many different hazards within your professional environment. Caring for a person who demonstrates aggressive behaviors is just one of those hazards. People with aggressive behaviors have the potential to harm not only you but themselves and others. To prevent harm, you must quickly intervene to de-escalate the situation. This means that you should know how to use strategies and techniques to reduce a person’s aggression. In this course, you will learn ways to recognize, prevent, and manage aggressive behaviors to protect yourself and others. The goal of this course is to educate general staff in post-acute care settings about recognizing, preventing, and managing aggressive behaviors.
Florida Board of Nursing - Certified Nursing Assistants
This is not an accredited course for professional license renewal. Florida CNAs may use this inservice toward meeting their annual inservice requirement.
This activity is approved for 0.5000 contact hours.
Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (ALL Direct Care Workers)
Relias Learning, LLC is approved as a Curriculum Developer by the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services. This activity is approved for 0.5000 contact hours for all WA State Direct Care Workers. Training Provider Code: WA0624. CE Approval Code: CO2135252
Texas Health and Human Services Commission
Texas HHSC has determined that Relias Learning’s submitted training meets or exceeds the minimum standards for HCSSA administrator training in the following categories: Licensed Home Health (LHH), Licensed and Certified Home Health (L&CHH), Personal Assistance Services (PAS), Hospice. Texas HHSC also recognizes Relias Learning provides continuing education for administrators and alternate administrators. This activity is approved for 0.5000 contact hours.
Florida Assisted Living - General Training
59A-36.011 Staff Training Requirements. Location: Online
Identify at least three warning signs of aggression.
Explain at least three ways to prevent and manage aggressive behaviors.
Outline:
Section 1: Introduction
About This Course
Learning Objectives
Section 2: Preventing and Managing Aggressive Behaviors
West Ridge Skilled Nursing and Assisted Living
Meet Chris
West Ridge Skilled Nursing and Assisted Living Aggressive Behavior Policy
Ester
Shanice
Betty
Kai
Wrap Up
East Ridge Home Care
Meet Chris
East Ridge Home Care Aggressive Behavior Policy
Ester
Shanice
Betty
Kai
Wrap Up
Section 3: Conclusion
Course Summary
Course Contributor
Resource
References
Congratulations!
Jennifer has over 30 years of clinical and teaching experience, and her areas of expertise are critical care and home health. She is certified as an OASIS Specialist- Clinical (COS-C). She earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from The University of Virginia in 1993 and her Master of Science in Nursing from The University of North Carolina, Greensboro in 1996. Her professional practice in education is guided by a philosophy borrowed from Florence Nightingale’s Notes on Nursing, “I do not pretend to teach her how, I ask her to teach herself, and for this purpose, I venture to give her some hints.”
Asynchronous/Online Distance Learning; please see certificate details for specifics on delivery format.
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