15 vetted national resources for healthcare workers, leaders, patients, families, and anyone trying to understand workplace violence.
Clear national sources for learning what WPV means, why healthcare is different, and what prevention can look like.
A free, step-by-step course covering what workplace violence is, the four WPV types, risk factors, prevention, intervention, and what happens after an event.
Federal guidance for understanding healthcare WPV hazards and the building blocks of a prevention program, including worksite assessment, controls, training, and reporting.
A readable healthcare-safety overview that connects workplace violence to patient safety, workforce well-being, and practical prevention strategies.
Profession-specific resources for the people most likely to encounter workplace violence directly.
Nursing-specific education, position statements, advocacy, reporting resources, and tools for strengthening workplace-violence prevention programs.
Emergency-department resources on recognizing, mitigating, reporting, researching, and preventing violence in one of healthcare’s highest-risk environments.
Emergency-medicine resources addressing violence against physicians and staff, safety improvement, advocacy, prevention, and response in the ED.
Psychiatric-mental health nursing guidance on recognizing, preventing, and responding to violence while supporting therapeutic, trauma-informed care.
Standards, operating models, preparedness tools, and security guidance for moving from awareness to an organized prevention program.
The current National Performance Goal and workplace-violence prevention expectations for accredited healthcare organizations, including leadership, reporting, training, worksite analysis, and post-incident support.
A 2026 national hospital-sector statement describing the impact of violence on healthcare workers and care environments and calling for prevention and policy action.
A real-world example of a large healthcare system’s structured approach to threat assessment, multidisciplinary prevention, behavioral risk management, and staff safety.
A deep preparedness library with healthcare-focused tools, policies, planning materials, risk-assessment resources, and prevention/response references.
Healthcare-security guidance spanning workplace-violence prevention, threat management, violent-patient management, weapons, security vulnerability assessment, and related operational topics.
Resources focused on what workers and leaders may need after workplace violence—not only how to prevent the next event.
A concise federal resource on emotional reactions and recovery when employees return to work after a violent workplace incident.
Authoritative sources for understanding how often violence occurs and how the policy landscape is changing.
The federal data source for employer-reported occupational injuries and illnesses, including violent-event counts and incidence rates used to understand healthcare WPV trends.
A searchable state-policy database covering enacted health-workforce legislation from 2024 forward, useful for following workplace-safety, reporting, and worker-protection developments.
Explore policy, readiness, and practical tools when you are ready to move beyond reading.
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