It's time to talk about workplace violence and the fact that, as nurses, we are four times more likely to experience it than any other profession. You don't need a bunch of statistics to tell you how dangerous our work is, but I brought them anyway (links to receipts are below).  

References:

OSHA guidelines for preventing workplace violence: https://www.osha.gov/sites/default/files/publications/osha3148.pdf

Workplace violence in healthcare report (OSHA): https://www.osha.gov/sites/default/files/OSHA3826.pdf

2021 study of workplace violence and underreporting in the pandemic: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/21650799211031233

TJC workplace violence standards and requirements: https://www.jointcommission.org/-/media/tjc/documents/standards/r3-reports/wpvp-r3_20210618.pdf

National Nurses United workplace violence page: https://www.nationalnursesunited.org/workplace-violence

#SilentNoMore Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/healthcareworkersprotectionact