Workplace Safety - Course Overview

Workplace Safety 

Have you considered how to keep yourself and others safe during an emergency or disaster?

This course provides basic knowledge of how you can identify good practices for workplace safety and provide strategies for preparing for a disaster, including what to include in a preparedness plan/kit. 

At the completion of this webinar, learners will identify good practices for workplace safety, recognize preparedness strategies and summarize key components of a preparedness plan/kit.

Target Audience

• New graduate nurses participating in the Transition to Practice: First Year as a Nurse

QSEN Domains

This learning activity impacts the following QSEN (Links to an external site.) domain(s):

SAFETY

• DEFINITION: Minimizes risk of harm to patients and providers through both system effectiveness and individual performance.
• KNOWLEDGE: Examine human factors and other basic safety design principles as well as commonly used unsafe practices.
• SKILLS: Demonstrate effective use of strategies to reduce risk of harm to self and others.
• ATTITUDES: Value the contributions of standardization/reliability to safety. 

Key Results

This learning activity impacts the following Key Results

• Quality and Safety
• Workforce Commitment

Policies, Procedures, and Resources

OSF HealthCare policies, procedures, or resources that support this learning activity:

• Operational Emergency Procedures (102) - Viewing Operational Emergency Procedures (102) :: PolicyStat (Links to an external site.)
• Emergency Preparedness (osfhealthcare.org) (Links to an external site.)
• SFMC Parking Policy- Viewing SFMC Parking Policy :: PolicyStat (Links to an external site.)
• Emergency Operations Plan for OSF HC Saint Francis Medical Center- Home - Disaster Management Committee (osfhealthcare.org) (Links to an external site.)
• OSF Disaster Preparedness portal - Disaster Preparedness | OSF EMS (osfhealthcare.org) (Links to an external site.)

Successful Completion of the Learning Activity

• Part 1: Participation in Webinar/Conference
• Part 2: Participate in discussion
• Part 3: Completion of evaluation 

Course Access

• Content will be presented in Canvas through Conferences
• Learning activities in this course need to be completed on a PC or laptop computer

Nursing Continuing and Professional Development

After completing the course, assessment, and evaluation, Nurses will earn 1.00 contact hour. 

OSF Healthcare is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Ohio Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. (OBN-001-91).

Disclosures

This educational activity does not include any content that relates to the products and/or services of a commercial interest that would create a conflict of interest.