Duke FON - Building Safer Care Environments: The DUHS Workplace Violence Prevention Program (WPVP) and New De-escalation Training

To share the DUHS Workplace Violence Prevention Program's framework, key strategies, and lessons learned in implementing a standardized de-escalation training program, to equip healthcare leaders and frontline staff with practical approaches to reducing workplace violence, improving staff preparedness, and fostering safer care environments across healthcare settings.

Target Audience

RN

Learning Objectives

Describe DUHS Workplace Violence Prevention Program's framework, key strategies, and lessons learned in implementing a standardized de-escalation training program     
Equip healthcare leaders and frontline staff with practical approaches to reducing workplace violence     
Improve staff preparedness and foster safer care environments across healthcare settings

Course summary

Available credit: 
  • 1.00 ANCC
  • 1.00 Attendance
Registration Opens: 
09/12/2026
Registration Expires: 
09/11/2028
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Alhagie Sam, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, WPVP Nursing Program Manager

Emily Nash Guthrie, WPVP Coordinator

Joe Potterton, WPVP Coordinator

Christopher Flaherty, WPVP Specialist 

In support of improving patient care, Duke University Health System Clinical Education and Professional Development is accredited by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), to provide continuing education for the health care team. The designation was based upon the quality of the educational activity and its compliance with the standards and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).

Available Credit

  • 1.00 ANCC
  • 1.00 Attendance
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