Nevada Code § 618.7314

Requirements for procedures included in plan relating to response and investigation of incidents of workplace violence
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The procedures for responding to and
investigating incidents of workplace violence included in the plan adopted
pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS
618.7312 must include, without limitation, procedures to:
1. Maintain and use alarms or other
communications systems to allow employees and other providers of care to seek
immediate assistance during an incident of workplace violence;
2. Ensure an effective response to each
incident of workplace violence, including, without limitation, by ensuring that
members of the staff of the medical facility are trained to address such
incidents and designated to be available to immediately assist in the response
to such an incident without interrupting patient care;
3. Provide timely medical care or first
aid to employees or other providers of care who have been injured in an
incident of workplace violence;
4. Identify each employee or other
provider of care involved in an incident of workplace violence;
5. Offer counseling to each employee and
other provider of care affected by an incident of workplace violence;
6. Offer the opportunity for each employee
and other provider of care, including, without limitation, supervisors and
security guards, involved in an incident of workplace violence to debrief as
soon as possible after the incident at a time and place that is convenient for
the employee or other provider of care;
7. Review any patient-specific risk
factors and any measures specified to reduce those factors;
8. Review the implementation and
effectiveness of corrective measures taken under the plan; and
9. Solicit the feedback of each employee
or other provider of care involved in an incident of workplace violence
concerning the precipitating factors of the incident and any measures that may
have assisted in preventing the incident.

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