Healthcare Safety Toolkit Library

Nurse Burnout compromises patient care and the health of an employee. Burnout is a type of human factor causation that can be associated with many adverse events such as higher mortality rates and medical errors. Getting a handle on nurse burnout and implementing changes to prevent the problem is a focus for highly reliable organizations.

Listen to our podcast to learn more about behaviors that occur with burnout and simple things leaders can do to prevent it from occurring.

A sample guide for leaders to improve the culture of safety.

A sample guide to conducting monthly meetings with employees that support culture of safety.

A worksheet for the Leadership Team to evaluate gaps in skills.

A selection of sample handoff communication tools.

A list of points to remember during a debriefing with a patient.

It is essential to understand a security program. These resources help build and sustain a security program in healthcare. Sources delve further into risk considerations of law enforcement's presence in the emergency room and guidance to infant abductions.

Although it is healthcare's goal to maintain a safe environment at all times, violence remains a significant concern today. It is vital to implement processes to prevent workplace violence. Security practices can include an array of methods. The following documents provide best practices and alternative approaches that may be applied when handling violent encounters.

Reducing the risk of encountering an active shooter situation is important to any business, especially healthcare. These resources provide tools on how to plan what to do in the event of an active shooter/violent situation.

Acitve shooter events are increasing more and more across the U.S. and the experts have developed tools to help the lay person identify a potential active shooter as a risk reduction strategy.