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Chart It to Stop It: Failure Modes and Effect Analysis for the Reporting of Workplace Aggression
Gordon Lee Gillespie1, Treasa 'Susie' Leming-Lee2
1Institute for Nursing Research and Scholarship, College of Nursing, University of Cincinnati, PO Box 21-0038, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0038, USA.
Abstract:
The purpose of this quality improvement study was to describe the process for workplace aggression (WPA) reporting and the potential failures for this process in a pediatric emergency department. Interviews were conducted with 10 interdisciplinary employees. Findings yielded 7 tasks following WPA: contact security, contact police, contact clinical manager, notify emergency department director, call safety hotline, complete electronic safety form, and complete paper safety form. Focusing actions to prevent failure modes and causes for (1) notification of the emergency department director and (2) completion of an electronic safety form can garner the greatest improvement in overall risk for WPA reporting.
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