Date of Award
2019
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science in Nursing (MSN)
Committee Chair
Abby Garlock
Abstract
The thought of having an active shooter at your place of work is unimaginable. The thought of having an active shooter at a place of healing is terrifying and distressing for patients, families, and nursing staff. An active shooter event, as defined by Hauk (2018), is when at least one person is actively killing or trying to kill people in a confined populated space. If an active shooter event were to take place in an acute care facility, nurses must be educated on best practices of responding to an active shooter, including identifying the situation, notifying the appropriate personnel of the situation, and keeping themselves, patients, and visitors safe. This project focused on increasing education to include in-services with security officers on patient units, training nursing staff on how to use the emergency preparedness flip books that are tailored to their units and participating in active shooter drills and simulations to better understand knowledge and confidence levels with an active shooter emergency.
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Citation Information
Dean, Amanda Carol, "Active Shooter Awareness Education and Training Using Best Practices for Nurses in Acute Care Facilities" (2019). Nursing Theses and Capstone Projects. 369.
https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/nursing_etd/369