Workplace Violence Prevention

It is time to put workplace violence prevention into practice I heard Elvis singing “A Little Less Conversation” recently, and it got me thinking about our approach to workplace violence prevention and how it is seen through the eyes of frontline staff. Probably not what the songwriters had in mind. But after reading comments from hospital employees about violence, unanswered concerns, and changes they are still waiting to see, the connection was hard to miss. Employees have

Why policies, training, and emergency response are not enough to create a safer hospital. A hospital can have a workplace violence prevention policy, require annual training, maintain a reporting system, and employ security officers—and still have employees who hesitate to ask for help. Maybe the last report went nowhere. Maybe a supervisor told them the behavior was part of the job. Maybe assistance arrived too late. Or maybe everyone knows that certain patients, visitors, p

I think they may have. Not because Pink Floyd set out to write a song about hospitals, patient care, or workplace violence prevention. They didn’t. But when you listen to Comfortably Numb, especially the opening lines, it is hard not to hear something familiar to healthcare: Hello?Is there anybody in there?Just nod if you can hear me.Is there anyone at home? That is more than a lyric. That is first contact. And first contact matters more than most people realize. At the heart