Violence Mitigation and Prevention

This section of the toolkit includes guiding principles on mitigating violence in the workplace and providing a framework for reducing violence in the hospital setting. These resources can help implement a workplace violence prevention program by identifying causal factors, risks and prevention strategies.

  • Guidelines/Recommendations

    Guidelines/Recommendations

    Toolkit for Mitigating Violence in the Workplace

    A document developed jointly by the Emergency Nurses Association and the American Organization of Nurse Executives to address healthcare issues with workplace violence. The toolkit discusses how to deal with lateral violence as well as patient and family violence in healthcare. This is a valuable guide for nurse leaders to address zero-tolerance policies, risk factors for the organization, workplace violence prevention plans and staff training.

    TAGS: Security, Healthcare, Workplace, Violence, Nurse, Leadership, Staff, Training

  • Guidelines/Recommendations

    Guidelines/Recommendations

    Sentinel Event Alert 45: Preventing Violence in the Healthcare Setting

    An alert published by The Joint Commission (TJC) in 2010 and revised in 2019 to address violence in healthcare. TJC compiled information from 365 reports of violence in healthcare facilities submitted to their Sentinel Event Database from 2010 – 2018. This alert contains information regarding contributing factors and recommended actions that healthcare organizations can take to reduce the risk of violence.

    TAGS: Violence, Workplace, Joint, Commission, Healthcare, Organization