Our guest for this episode is Mr. Todd Haines. Mr. Haines is an emergency department nurse and will discuss his experiences with violence in the workplace, what can be done to support healthcare workers, and the Senate Bill 4182, the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act.

(00:15) Introduction to Mr. Todd Haines
(00:53) How often do healthcare worker assaults happen?
(03:10) Workplace violence and the pandemic
(05:10) Violence prior to the pandemic
(05:16) Workers leaving healthcare
(06:10) Effects of understaffing
(09:09) Does size matter?
(11:16) Effects of signage
(12:08) Senate Bill 4182
(15:50) Can patients help?
(16:56) De-escalation techniques
(17:41) Tulsa, OK hospital shooting

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