Within Your Environment

• Initiate team conversations to build a shared unit-level “library” of de-escalation resources and supportive tools. Ask your team: what sensory aids and comfort items can be stocked and made available to patients on the unit and within seclusion?

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• Advocate for changes to the inpatient clinical environment and seclusion rooms, such as safe clocks, adequate hygiene supplies (soap, toilet paper) and access to sensory comfort items.

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• Use reporting tools such as the Patient Safety Learning System (PSLS) to systematically document every seclusion incident.

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• Consider implementing unit-level procedures that actively reduce seclusion-related harms – such as engaging Peer Support during and/or after seclusion.

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• Advocate for enhanced education within your clinical unit, including mock seclusion room experiences and regular team debriefs that draw on real seclusion incidents as learning opportunities.