Compassionate Connection: a key ingredient for NHS Conflict Resolution
How can we create the Compassionate Connection if we can not shake of the stresses of what has come before, as we walk towards what is to come next? Research note: We can improve systems, improve the registration process, better explain tests and procedures, reduce waiting times BUT IT WILL NOT improve overall satisfaction as
Emergency Department Conflict Resolution is one of our most treasured and favourite courses to teach! Let’s discuss some key issues about how patients come into conflict and how caregivers, nurses and doctors can prevent or manage conflict in the A&E or ED setting. table of contents 1What is the Chain of Encounters in the ED?2Triggers for
Restraint Reduction OutcomesThe new trainer team for this service began rolling out their own programme (a four-day, full-spectrum course for their LD/MH setting) to their staff in October. By December, they had seen dramatic restraint reduction outcomes in key indicators such as time-in-restraint, floor-based-restraints and number-of-restraints for their high-frequency service users. “The amount of time we
Breakaway training in care – an example of positive outcomesAt one point early in the training programme it becomes important to look at physical self-protection training, especially if the service data shows that some service users, when distressed, target staff with violence by grabbing, hitting or throwing objects at them.In the past, the staff were