Nurses’ Safety Should Never Be an Afterthought
Written by Lisbeth Votruba, MSN, RN, Chief Clinical Innovation Oficer at AvaSure As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage across the country, it is vital that we continue to shine a light […]
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Video surveillance and nursing workforce safety
This strategy can benefit both nurses and patients. By Patricia A. Quigley, PhD, MPH, MS, APRN; Lisbeth Votruba, MSN, RN; and Jill Kaminski, MS Healthcare workers are four times more […]
Impact of Patient-Engaged Video Surveillance on Nursing Workforce Safety
Workplace violence (WPV) across all industries, including health care, continues to increase in the United States. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health refers to WPV as violent acts, […]
Tracking Violence Against Hospital Staff
By: Lisbeth Votruba, MSN, RN, is Vice President of Clinical Quality and Innovation at AvaSure Workplace violence is a well-understood fact of the daily lives of nurses, who are subject […]
Nursing Analytics: Reporting and Data Metrics You Care About
For decades, organizations have tried to implement structures and process changes to reduce patient harm. The measure of success has been reduction in overall adverse event rates, be they falls, […]
Addressing Workplace Violence: How Video Monitoring Protects Staff and Mitigates Risk
The Joint Commission recently issued a Sentinel Event Alert, “Physical and verbal violence against health care workers,” which calls attention to the increasing prevalence of workplace violence in the healthcare […]