As the population is starting to head back into their offices, even in healthcare settings, there is something that cannot be ignored. Workplace violence and the enormous break for individuals to work from home with minimal in-person interaction have been a blessing, or has it? The next few months to…

This is a common theme in our society. Let’s step back and look at everything that has happened with healthcare, broken prior to November 2019, ushering in the viral storm that many have not recovered. We are now left with a tattered and torn healthcare system, nursing shortage growing while…

Nurses Against Violence Unite, Inc. We have been labeled "Frontline Heros" and fighting our WW3 without protection or appropriate healing weapons. The rise… Lateral and patient/family on nurse abuse has gotten so out of control that in the news we are reading more and more nurses are committing suicide. We need to really help ourselves as nurses, through education and helping one another or the violence is only going to get worse. Some…

As Nurses Grieve, The Nation Watches Being a healthcare worker is my superpower, something that I am good at and advocate tirelessly for my nursing profession, and for those that help us with our jobs. With the overpowering emotions that I was feeling of denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance…

We need to 1st talk about how much violence is occurring on the floor, whether it be working in a skilled nursing facility, an assisted living facility, or a hospital setting. The American Nurses Association stated in 2018 that out of 14,000 nurses that answered an anonymous surveying system, 62%…

Violence is a common theme throughout healthcare, and it isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. The purpose of this article is to only discuss the system failures, to connect the dots and not penalize institutions but to enlighten and bring positive change. Workplace violence is a combination of several different factors…