title: Responding to an active shooter and other threats of violence.
authors.affiliation: Sandra Kenney Weeks is director, Medical and Oncology Nursing, Respiratory Therapy, Sleep Center; Bridget Tillman Barron is director, Psychiatric and Addictions Therapeutic Healing Services (PATHS); Marilyn Ray Horne is director, Environmental Services, Safety and Emergency Management; Gayle Perdue Sams is director, ED, Intensive Care and Cardiology Services; April Bennett Monnich is a charge nurse, PATHS; and L. Denise Alverson is a direct care nurse, PATHS, all at Pardee Hospital in Hendersonville, N.C.
authors.forename: Sandra Kenney
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Weeks
authors.forename: Bridget Tillman
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Barron
authors.forename: Marilyn Ray
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Horne
authors.forename: Gayle Perdue
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Sams
authors.forename: April Bennett
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Monnich
authors.forename: L Denise
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Alverson
mesh_terms: D004637:Emergency Services, Psychiatric; D005389:Firearms; D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital; D017751:Safety Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D064450:Workplace Violence / Q000517:prevention & control*