10 Ways to Control Your Personal Safety and Minimize Your Risk for Workplace Violence

November 01, 2023 by Elisa Becze BA, ELS, Editor

One in four U.S. nurses reported being assaulted during the past year—two every hour—and it is happening in oncology settings, too, authors wrote (https://doi.org/10.1188/23.CJON.497-505) in the Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing

However, oncology nurses and other healthcare professionals can take steps to control their personal safety and mitigate situations for workplace violence. The authors shared 10 expert tips (https://doi.org/10.1188/23.CJON.497-505) that oncology nurses can implement immediately: 

“Oncology nurses can take individual actions to improve the safety of their workplace environment,” the authors concluded (https://doi.org/10.1188/23.CJON.497-505). “This effort can include being determined not to accept workplace violence as a regular part of the job, reporting when they have experienced any form of workplace violence, and advocating for policies that promote healthcare safety.” 

Learn more about workplace violence on the Oncology Nursing Podcast Episode 230: Violence in Health Care (https://www.ons.org/podcasts/episode-230-violence-health-care) or in ONS Voice’s feature (https://voice.ons.org/news-and-views/violence-in-nursing) and perspective (https://voice.ons.org/news-and-views/how-nurses-and-administrators-can-respond-to-the-prevalence-of-violence-in-health) articles. 


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