Resources for Mitigating Violence in the Health Care Workplace

Violence in health care facilities is on the rise and is yet another factor contributing to current levels of nurse burnout and stress.

The Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) and the American Association for Nursing Leadership (AONL) have jointly provided guiding principles and a toolkit for mitigating violence in the workplace.

In addition, AJN has some important resources on addressing violence against nurses in the workplace at both institutional and situation-specific levels. Click on the following links:

Workplace Violence Training Using Simulation

How an interdisciplinary team at an Ohio health system developed and piloted a training program to address workplace violence, which included classroom learning, simulation training, and hands-on self-defense techniques.

Violence Against Nurses in the Workplace

Consolidated approaches are needed from employers, victims, and the political system.

Workplace Violence

How violence affects health care, which providers are most affected, and what management and staff can do about it.