title: We stop aggression as soon as it starts.
abstract: It's a sad reality, but all too many of today's nurses find themselves in a workplace where verbal abuse, threats, and physical assaults are common-place. The attacks seem to come from all sides: unruly patients, volatile family members, abrasive doctors, and angry colleagues.
authors.affiliation: Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, IL, USA.
authors.forename: Virginia A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Barthel
mesh_terms: D000374:Aggression; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000451:nursing; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States