title: Workplace violence in healthcare environments.
abstract: Violence in the workplace is making headlines across the United States. Healthcare workers are not immune to violent encounters. Many healthcare workers will experience workplace violence at least once during their professional careers. Nurses are in a unique position to develop and provide assistance to implement prevention programs that can decrease the incidence and prevalence of violence in healthcare environments. This article reviews the definition of violence and its elements, and outlines a plan to reduce violence in healthcare environments.
authors.affiliation: Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA. msmith@odu.edu
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Smith-Pittman
authors.forename: Y D
authors.initials: YD
authors.lastname: McKoy
mesh_terms: D006268:Health Facilities; D006282:Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011322:Primary Prevention; D012307:Risk Factors; D012637:Security Measures; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017132:Workplace