Nurse led violence prevention at WakeMed Raleigh eliminated workplace violence on its med-surg unit for 20 months and counting.

In light of high rates of workplace violence and the murder of a nurse in 2023, Connecticut lawmakers are considering ...

In the wake of shootings in early March at hospitals in Atlanta and Milwaukee, the nation’s attention again turns to how to prevent workplace violence in health care settings.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rick Lucas sees his fair share of violence on the job. The 41-year-old, who works as a nurse at the Ohio State University Wexner ...

Security is getting tighter at the emergency department at University of Michigan Health-West, with the Wyoming hospital ...

Workplace violence in the US is on the rise this year, a troubling new study found. One in three employees surveyed said they’d witnessed physical altercations in the workplace in the past five years ...

Workplace violence continues to be a growing national concern and one of the leading causes of occupational fatalities. In 2023, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there were 5,283 workplace ...

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 ...

Public safety isn’t a privilege — it’s a basic right. It matters everywhere — for the retail worker behind the counter, the doctor or nurse treating a patient, the fan at a football game, and the ...

Protecting a workforce from workplace violence presents complicated challenges for employers. Workplace violence incidents can emanate from myriad sources: a stranger, a customer, patient, or a ...

A new survey from Premier has found that 40% of healthcare workers have experienced at least one incident of workplace violence within the past two years, with the violence occurring most frequently ...

Instances of workplace violence, like verbal and physical threats or assaults, aren't new phenomena. However, the environment we're operating in today feels markedly different. High-profile incidents ...