A tool to identify violent patients in medical and surgical wards was introduced in the Nov. 2011 issue of the Journal of Advanced Nursing. American researchers at Point Loma Nazarene University and ...

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

A study showed that more than 28% of patients who exhibited violent behavior continued exhibiting that violence in subsequent healthcare settings, often beginning out-of-hospital and continuing in the ...

When EMTALA collides hospital anti-violence signs, healthcare leaders face challenges ensuring emergency care without deterring patients.

A study led by Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic found that patient violence often begins in out-of-hospital settings and continues into the ED and other inpatient units. The study, published June 18 ...

Clinicians are on the front lines in caring for gunshot victims. The continuous flow of these victims to emergency departments has sparked the medical community to speak out on ways to reduce the ...

About 88 percent of working medical professionals have had a violent interaction with a patient in the last year, according to a recent survey from Medscape of 247 employed medical workers, including ...

A multiracial team stabilizes an injured young adult woman in the hospital emergency room. Violent encounters in the emergency department are becoming a serious issue. This month, Ann W. Latner, JD, ...

The worsening violence in health care settings is presenting providers with a vexing dilemma: How to maintain safety and security for staff and patients without creating unwelcoming, closed ...

To curb violence, clinicians should enact policies that put employees first. This includes putting out a statement condemning violence against workers, training workers to deal with violence, ...

When discussing violence toward emergency physicians, Dr. Alex Skog had to reach back into his memory just two days to pluck a story about a patient who lost it, charged an emergency room technician ...

Credit: Getty Images. There are 4 steps to avoid verbal conflicts that escalate to violence among unhoused patients: apologize, approve, applaud, and appease. Every Sunday, Reverend Thomas Hill, ...