The Six Core Strategies: Patient engagement and other techniques to reduce the use of restraints and seclusion

Your Expert Presenter:

Kevin Huckshorn, Ph.D., MSN, RN, CADC, ICRC

Kevin has 38 years of experience in behavioral health care environments. She most recently held the position as Delaware's Division Director for Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services where she led the state's response in the US DOJ Settlement Agreement regarding the treatment and integration of people with disabilities into the community, rather than institutions. Prior to that post, she was the Director of the National Technical Assistance Center for State Mental Health Planning for NASMHPD and SAMHSA. Kevin consults on a variety of behavioral health issues and issues specific to behavioral health hospitals and residential programs.

Learn how you can create a patient environment that avoids the use of restraints and seclusion while keeping staff and patients safe.

Patient restraints are a recurring safety issue for both patient and staff, and their use frequently receives news coverage. Learn how to reduce the use of restraints and seclusion on patients, without compromising safety or bringing harm to the patient or staff from the expert guidance provided in this webinar.

Join expert consultant Kevin Huckshorn during this 60-minute training to:

• Prevent patient conflict and aggression before it starts.
• Quickly de-escalate conflict when it occurs.
• Debrief and review in circumstances where restraint and seclusion could not be avoided to avoid repeat incidents in the future.

Sign up for this webinar today to learn how to de-escalate potentially harmful patient situations and ensure patient and staff safety.

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