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V-RISK-10 Violence Risk Assessment in Inpatient Mental Health Settings

Harris, James Alexander
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1722839356195561

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2024, Doctor of Nursing Practice Degree Program in Population Health Leadership DNP, Xavier University, Nursing.
Objective: Acts of aggression and violent behaviors are common in acute health care settings. Violence risk assessment tools are used in healthcare settings to screen patients for the risk of violent behaviors. This project focuses on the use of the V-RISK-10 violence screening assessment tool in an inpatient mental health care facility in the United States. The purpose of this project was to improve consistent use of the V-RISK-10 tool and improve communication of the V-RISK-10 results to the staff providing direct care. Methods: A literature review of violence screening tools was completed. The specific aims of the project were to monitor the V-RISK-10 completion rate in the electronic health record (EHR), provide education on the V-RISK-10 tool, evaluate effectiveness of staff education on the tool, improve communication of the tool by adding a column to the whiteboard in the report room which identifies the violence risk level, monitor completion rates of documentation of the violence risk level on the whiteboard, and monitor rate of code violets occurring over time. Results: Ninety-six of ninety-eight staff completed the e-Learning module and scored the minimum of 80% to pass the test. Total compliance of writing the V-RISK-10 result on the whiteboard was 85% or higher. Thirteen patients had a code violet called during the project period. Six patients had more than one code violet. Five of the six patients (83%) were assigned a V-RISK-10 assessment of moderate or high risk for violence. Conclusions: The V-RISK-10 assessment did correlate for the most part for the patients with one or more code violet incidents. The V-RISK-10 screening tool is helpful in identifying patients at risk for violence while in the inpatient mental health setting.
Miranda Knapp, PhD, DNP, APRN, AGCNS-BC, CNE, EBP-C (Other)
Diane M. Stauffer, DNP, RN, CNE (Other)
Chelsea Horn, MSN, RN (Other)
62 p.
Mental Health; Nursing; Psychology
Violence; screening, tools; V-RISK-10; mental health setting; mental health settings; risk assessment; aggression; psychiatric; psychiatry, code violets

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  • Harris, J. A. (2024). V-RISK-10 Violence Risk Assessment in Inpatient Mental Health Settings [Doctoral dissertation, Xavier University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1722839356195561

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Harris, James. V-RISK-10 Violence Risk Assessment in Inpatient Mental Health Settings. 2024. Xavier University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1722839356195561.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Harris, James. "V-RISK-10 Violence Risk Assessment in Inpatient Mental Health Settings." Doctoral dissertation, Xavier University, 2024. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1722839356195561

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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