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Chapter 3: Assessing an Escalating Situation for Early Intervention
Abstract
This item record pertains to materials from De-Escalating Violence in Healthcare, which are provided free of charge by the publisher.
About this book: Violent incidents are more than four times as likely to occur in healthcare settings than in other professional workplaces, taking a toll on healthcare workers and spurring providers and policymakers to solve the increasing impact of violence.
The most beneficial method of preventing healthcare violence is de-escalation—using therapeutic communication and interventions to defuse emotional tension. In De-Escalating Violence in Healthcare, author S. E. McKnight provides tools and techniques to help nurses and other healthcare professionals manage aggressive behavior and foster a safer workplace.
Readers will learn to:
- Understand the variables, risk factors, and triggers of aggression and violence
- Assess mental health status and practice conflict resolution and crisis intervention
- Identify and manage difficult behavioral issues associated with schizophrenia, dementia, bipolar disorder, anxiety, and other conditions
- Foster a caring and healing environment to reduce violence
- Build a healthcare violence prevention program
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Sigma Membership
Non-member
Type
Book Chapter
ISBN
9781948057493
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
Expert Opinion (nationally/internationally recognized)
Research Approach
N/A
Keywords:
Healthcare Violence, De-Escalation, Conflict Resolution, Crisis Intervention, Healthcare Safety, Therapeutic Communication, Stress Management Techniques, Managing Mental Health
Recommended Citation
McKnight, S. E., "[Excerpt from] De-escalating Violence in Healthcare: Strategies to Reduce Emotional Tension and Aggression" (2019). Sigma Publications: Book Excerpts. 37.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/book_excerpts/37
Publisher
Sigma Theta Tau International
Version
Publisher's Version
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Copyright © 2025 by Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing - All rights reserved. This book is protected by copyright. No part of it may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission from the publisher. Any trademarks, service marks, design rights, or similar rights that are mentioned, used, or cited in this book are the property of their respective owners. Their use here does not imply that you may use them for a similar or any other purpose.
Review Type
None: Professionally Edited Material
Acquisition
Publisher-submission
Date of Issue
2019
Full Text of Presentation
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Description
This item record contains the following file attachments: Chapter 3; the Instructor's Guide; the Student Workbook; a Quiz for De-Escalating Violence in Healthcare; a Body Language Tips for De-Escalating Violence handout; Author Bio; the Introduction; and the Table of Contents and Index