De-escalation Strategies to Prevent Workplace Violence

Healthcare workers are four to five times more likely to experience workplace violence injuries than workers in private industry, according to the Occupational Health and Safety Administration. This episode of Nurse Essentials delves into workplace violence prevention with insight provided by Ashley Withrow, PhD, Director of Cleveland Clinic’s Center for Workplace Violence Prevention and Caregiver Well-Being, and Erica Shields, MBA, BSN, RN, NE-BC, Associate Chief Nursing Officer for Emergency and Behavioral Health Nursing and co-chair of the Enterprise Workplace Violence Committee.