LB 03 CLINICAL TRACK: Taking a Stand: Steps to Stop Incivility in the Clinical Setting

Thursday, September 20, 2012: 1:45 PM-3:00 PM
Description/Overview: This presentation will focus on steps to help recognize and prevent incivility among patients, fellow clinicians and other clinically-based professions.
Learner Objective #1: Identify and define incivility in the clinical setting and identify strategies, tools and steps to defuse these situations.
Learner Objective #2: Feel empowered and motivated to be an agent of change in situations of incivility.
Organizers:  Susan McRoberts, MSN, RN, St. Francis Hospital and Health Centers, Beech Grove, IN, Pamela Hunt, MSN, BS, RN, Nursing, The Indiana Heart Hospital, Indianapolis, IN and Jennifer L. Embree, DNP, RN, NE-BC, CCNS, Nursing, St. Vincent Dunn Hospital, Bedford, IN
Moderators:  Karen Hetzel, PhD., PHCNS-BC, School of Nursing, Rhode Island College, Providence, RI