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1015-23: Leadership Learning: Evaluating an Educational Program to Hospital Leadership on Staff Empowerment to Improve the Culture of Safety in a Psychiatric Hospital

Workplace violence is a significant concern in psychiatric nursing due to verbal and physical aggression, threats, intimidation, and harassment by patients. Patient outcomes, staff well-being, and attrition are impacted. Nurse leaders benefit from education on strategies to support staff empowerment, improve the culture of safety, and address workplace violence.

Presenter:  Kristen Kichefski, MBA, DNP, RN, PMH-BC, NEA-BC

Disclosures:  The APNA planners and faculty have no relevant financial relationships to disclose. Off-label uses will not be discussed during this presentation.

Session Length:  1 hour 15 minutes

Target Audience:  RN, APRN

Learning Outcome:
Upon completion of this presentation, the participant will be able to:

• Describe the benefits of an educational program on staff empowerment to improve the culture of safety in a psychiatric hospital.

Keywords:  Workplace Violence, Staff Support, Process Improvement

Nursing Continuing Professional Development:
1.25 contact hours.  * In order to receive contact hours, you must: Listen to presentation, complete an evaluation, and earn a passing score on the post-test before the expiration date. You will have 5 tries to correctly answer the questions on the post-test and a score of 80% is required to pass. Once you have passed and completed an evaluation, the certificate will be generated online, available for you to print immediately. You cannot earn credit unless all steps are completed.

The American Psychiatric Nurses Association is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Originally Presented
APNA 37th Annual Conference
Lake Buena Vista, FL

Access to this course will end:  November 1, 2026

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