No Silence on ED Violence is a partnership between @ENAorg and @EmergencyDocs in an effort to minimize attacks and protect ED professionals.
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The responsibility of preventing workplace violence lies with multiple teams across a hospital.
Learn how the multi-hospital UCHealth system incorporates nurses, physicians and security to prevent and safely respond to situations: stopedviolence.org/2026/09/2…
New York has joined the growing number of states that require hospitals to build workplace violence prevention programs.
Read how the New York chapters of the Emergency Nurses Association and
the American College of Emergency Physicians advocated for this important bill to become law. stopedviolence.org/2026/03/2… #StopEDViolence
Emergency nurses and emergency physicians are on the frontline every day when it comes to suffering incidents of workplace violence as well as fighting for laws and policies to prevent it and prosecute offenders.
Read “Workplace Violence in the ED: In Search of Lasting Solutions” in ACEP Now. acepnow.com/article/workplac…
Thanks to a nurse-led workplace violence prevention program in the medical-surgical unit at @WakeMed in Raleigh, the department went 20 months without an incident.
The next step is rolling it out in other units and the ED at another WakeMed facility. What’s one of the important elements in your facility’s workplace violence prevention plan?
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On Nov. 12, join @ENAorg, @ANANursingWorld and other orgs calling for Congress to pass the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act. Learn more and be ready to make your voice heard on Nurses Day of Action 2025: ena.org/advocacy/take-action
In Oregon, state lawmakers are considering a new bill that would emphasize prevention and attempt to address root causes of workplace violence against health care workers in addition to a bill strengthening punishments for such assaults. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2…
Empathy, practice and empowerment are key to effectively de-escalating challenging patient and family situations in the ED.
Read “De-escalation Strategies in Healthcare: A Comprehensive Approach to Ensuring Safety and Support,” from Engage, Powered by ENA Vice President of Client Engagement Jennifer Schmitz and Andrea Greco, senior vice president of health care safety at CENTEGIX.
It can be a scary day in an ED when those tasked with protecting the department are compromised. Thankfully, there were no injuries, but this is yet another example of the types of violence those working in the ED experience all too often.
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The American Hospital Association’s #HAVhope day of awareness June 7 was an opportunity for hospitals and health systems to highlight how they work to prevent violence, as well as a call for passage of the SAVE Act (H.R. 2584/S. 2768).
Learn more about the SAVE Act here stopedviolence.org/advocacy and share below how your facility is helping to #StopEDViolence.
Thanks to @ENAorg @ANANursingWorld and @ACEPNow for continuing to bring this forward.
ICYMI: ENA hosted a congressional briefing on March 22 on workplace violence.
Read more about the briefing: bit.ly/43x8X9k.
Watch the recording: bit.ly/4a7scsI
The bill would increase the current maximum of a one-year sentence to up to 5 years for people who "with knowledge that another person is working in a hospital, intentionally or knowingly causes physical injury...while the working person is acting in the course of official duty."
Do you think this is enough to protect health care workers and those with severe mental illness or disabilities? thelundreport.org/content/ne…
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"Let’s not be heartened by the idea it could have been worse – this type of incident cannot be tolerated or minimized.
ENA expresses its gratitude to the law enforcement officers and others at the hospital who prevented this from becoming an even more tragic event. 2/3