Health care workers are five times more likely to experience an injury from workplace violence than other professions. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) defines workplace ...

Workplace violence in health care settings is on the rise, capturing the attention of both state and federal lawmakers. As awareness grows, so ...

What’s behind an alarming rise in violent incidents in health care facilities Health care workers are five times as likely to experience workplace violence as other workers, according to ...

Qualified health care and employment counsel can guide health care organizations in developing workplace violence programs that fit their operations.

Finally, on June 15, 2022, yet another health care violence-focused bill titled Protecting Social Workers and Health Professionals from Workplace Violence Act (S.4412) was introduced by Sen ...

4. Improve Reporting Of Workplace Violence When nurses and nursing staff underreport acts of aggression, it sets the stage for that aggression to escalate.

It’s not just deadly shootings: Health care workers racked up 73% of all nonfatal workplace violence injuries in 2018, the most recent year for which figures are available, according to the U.S ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – Right now, in Pennsylvania, there are no mandatory health care workplace violence provisions. Legislation introduced again this session seeks to change that. The Heal… ...

According to the Nebraska Hospital Association, while health care workers make up 10% of the workforce, they experience 48% of the nonfatal injuries due to workplace violence.

The statistics are sobering. Every 30 minutes in the U.S. a nurse is assaulted. Health care workers are five times more likely to be injured as a result of workplace violence.

Violence affects not only health care workers themselves, but anyone who needs care, since nurses are leaving the field in response, said Rep. Eliza Hamrick, a Centennial Democrat who is one of ...