Crisis Intervention Training (CPI) for ICU RNs

[BrandonB779]

Hello All!

Reaching out to my AllNurses audience for some help. I am researching whether or not formal Crisis Intervention Training (CPI as it's called here) for our ICU nurses should be offered. Now there is a cost associated with this because it is a training and certificate program; however our hospital has had a few incidents in the past few months with psychiatric alerts to our ICU (family members included) where we've brought up the issue of safety and trying to have formal training including de-escalation techniques.

Does anyone out in the forum world have CPI training in the ICU setting?

If so do you feel that is is helpful / worth the cost and training time?

Does your institution make it mandatory outside of psychiatric nursing units? (Currently only ED, and Psych RNs have it as mandatory).

I am looking for as much SOLID data that I can present to a group that includes the Vice-President of Nursing for our hospital; so please if you have any specifics including studies or data you've research and are willing to share it would be greatly appreciated!

Always looking to keep my fellow co-workers safe! Thanks everyone!

Brandon

[ArmaniX, MSN, APRN]

I do believe this was/is mandatory for all of our staff, and our facility campus does not maintain a direct psych unit.

I'm not sure if CPI was a part of it but it was a several hours long class on de-escalation techniques such as what to do if a patient has you by your hair..

Honestly I feel the course was useless and not usable in real life. But that is just my opinion.

[annabanana2]

I don't work in ICU but I have taken the training several years ago and quite honestly found it pretty useless as well. It was very very expensive and taught me little that I didn't already know. Later when I got the job I work now, I was sent to a violence/behaviour management course thing that was organized and put on by Risk Management and Protection Services. That was free because it was developed and taught by our own organization, and it was much more specific to situations we may encounter. Much more helpful.