Fellow Nurses: What Can We Do About Rising Workplace Violence?

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Source: MedPage Today

Original: https://www.medpagetoday.com/nursing/nurses-station/119946...

Published: Thu, 19 Feb 2026 11:40:44 -0500

The article describes a nurse teacher's advice for safety in the workplace: empty your pockets, remove the lanyard around your neck, never turn your back to the patient, and remember to leave the room. These instructions serve to protect against increasing violence against health workers. The author emphasizes that nurses face frequent attacks from patients or their family members. The hospital workplace becomes a dangerous environment where nurses must take preventive measures. The article calls on fellow nurses to jointly search for solutions to the problem of increasing violence.