Understanding aggression & enhancing clinical reasoning
About
Understanding, preventing and managing aggression remains an important task for clinicians working in inpatient settings. This workshop will cover a range of models and frameworks to assist with understanding and assessing inpatient aggression as well as interventions to prevent aggression. This workshop will also cover clinical reasoning which can assist in steering clinical practice, encouraging collaboration with consumers and their support structures, as well as driving sound clinical judgement, reasoning, and reflection on practice.This workshop is designed for nursing staff primarily working with mental health or justice involved people. If you have questions about your suitability for this workshop, please contact FMHPDP@forensicare.vic.gov.au
This workshop will be facilitated by Tess Maguire, a Senior Lecturer in Forensic Mental Health Nursing with joint appointment with the CFBS and Forensicare.
Location
Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science
Level 1, 582 Heidelberg Road, Alphington Victoria 3078