Health policy

Workplace violence in health care is a patient safety issue

Massachusetts lawmakers are now working to reconcile House and Senate versions of legislation that would require health care employers to develop and implement workplace violence prevention programs. It is an issue that those of us who have spent our careers…

Massachusetts lawmakers are now working to reconcile House and Senate versions of legislation that would require health care employers to develop and implement workplace violence prevention programs. It is an issue that those of us who have spent our careers in health care know well.

I’ve been a nurse for a long time. Long enough to know that violence can happen quickly and unexpectedly, in the middle of caring for another …

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Workplace violence in health care is a patient safety issue