If you ask a healthcare worker if they have witnessed or personally been affected by workplace violence, there is a very high likelihood they would say yes. Sadly, workplace violence in healthcare has ...

Health care organizations continue to face significant headwinds, including staffing challenges, high patient volumes and behavioral health needs, and limited time and resources to implement long-term ...

EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — The Hunt School of Nursing in El Paso received a grant to train healthcare students to prepare them to deal with workplace violence. The Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation ...

Violence and harassment on the job are all too common: More than 1 in 5 workers worldwide have experienced it, according to the International Labor Organization, with women slightly more likely to be ...

For employees, safety and well-being should be a given. Unfortunately, a lack of workplace violence training and mental health resources, as well as fear of speaking up, have left many feeling ...

A 2022 U.S. government study found an annual average of 1.3 million nonfatal workplace violence incidents between 2015 and 2019. This is a rate of eight nonfatal violent crimes per 1,000 workers aged ...

A patient was in pain, frustrated because she felt like no one was listening to her. Emily Barksdale, a nursing student at UNC-Chapel Hill at the time, walked in and asked the patient to describe her ...

California’s SB553, the nation’s first comprehensive and multi-industry workplace violence prevention law, has been in effect for almost a year. Many other states are following suit with their own ...