Understanding Workplace Violence

Course Code: REL-ALL-0-UWRKVLN

Hours: 0.5

Type: Online Course

Content Expiration Date: 12/31/2024

Learning Objectives:
Define workplace violence.
Identify steps to survive a hostile encounter.
Determine when and how to report workplace violence.

Outline:
Section 1: Introduction

About This Course

Learning Objectives

Section 2: Workplace Violence

Definition

Social Impacts

Assailant Types

Bullying

Health Status

Review

Summary

Section 3: Prevention and Survival

Workplace Policy

The Work Environment

Security Measures

Warning Signs

De-Escalation Techniques

Surviving an Encounter

Active Shooters

Review

Summary

Section 4: Reporting Violence

Reporting

Barriers to Reporting

Review

Summary

Section 5: Conclusion

Course Summary

Course Contributors

Resources

References

Instructor: Johnny Lee, MS

Johnny Lee is the Director of Peace@Work, an agency dedicated to the prevention of violence in and through the workplace. He is also the President of ePanicButton, LLC, which provides a desktop software duress alarm program. His previous experience includes his role as the Training Director for the UNC-Chapel Hill Injury Prevention Research Center’s PREVENT program, delivering a national violence prevention training program. He was previously also the Workplace Violence Specialist for the Office of State Personnel in Raleigh, North Carolina. Additionally, he previously served as the Victim Services Coordinator for the Asheville Police Department. Professional association memberships includes his current role as the Secretary for the ASIS Birmingham Chapter, Chair of the Victim Services Interagency Council of North Carolina, a seat on the Board of Directors for the Businesses Continuity Planners of the Carolinas, member of Society for Police & Criminal Psychology, member of the American Society of Safety Engineers, former board member of the NC Victim Assistance Network and an active member of the Public Health Alliance to Prevent Violence against Women. HRD Press has published his human resources book, Addressing Domestic Violence in the Workplace in 2004.

Staff Writer: Edward Bartels, RN, BSN, MICN

Ed has 30 plus years of nursing experience with clinical roles in trauma, emergency, critical care, skilled nursing, behavioral health, occupational health, home care, and is a certified clinical nursing instructor in North Carolina. Ed served as Director of Nursing for rural emergency services and physician practices. Ed earned his Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of North Carolina, Greensboro. Ed retired from the U.S. Coast Guard with 34 years served.

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Course Delivery Method and Format
Asynchronous Distance Learning with interactivity which includes quizzes with questions/answers, and posttests.