Workplace violence ranges from verbal abuse to physical assaults, harassment or intimidation. It can involve and affect clients, employees and visitors to name a few. According to OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) over two million workers are victims of workplace violence every year. It mostly includes those that have a great deal of contact with the public which places them at a higher risk to come across such situations. One group includes healthcare employees such as nurses in providers of community as well as hospital based. As an administrator of a facility to ensure the safety of patients as well as staff I would implement the following: Firstly, I would enforce a zero-tolerance policy by establishing and assessing
