Workplace Violence Training for Nurses

Dates: 09/01/2007 – 08/31/2011 Status: Phase II Funding Agency: CDC / NIOSH Reference: 2R44-01A1 ABSTRACT Research has shown that nurses are at very high risk of being victims of workplace violence. The American Association of Colleges of Nursing issued a Position Paper in 1999 emphasizing the inclusion of violence-related content as essential content in nursing curricula, yet training remains incidental. [...]