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Responding to Violence and Aggression in the Workplace

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No one should have to deal with aggression within the workplace, but healthcare professionals often do. Over the past five years, violent assaults against healthcare workers have increased by 55% in New South Wales, 50% in Queensland and 34% in Victoria.

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No one should have to deal with aggression within the workplace, but healthcare professionals often do. Violence towards healthcare workers is NOT ok and there should be zero tolerance for it. Violent incidents are more likely to occur around staff who are directly involved in patient care, namely nurses, emergency room staff and paramedics. Over the past five years, violent assaults against healthcare workers have increased by 55% in New South Wales, 50% in Queensland and 34% in Victoria. The rate of verbal abuse against healthcare professionals is also increasing, with as many as 95 to 100% of emergency department nurses experiencing this type of aggression. The COVID-19 pandemic has been found to be a significant contributor to these escalating statistics.

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Sally Moyle
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Clinical Nurse Educator
Sally Moyle is a rehabilitation nurse educator with Epworth HealthCare. She has completed her masters of nursing (clinical nursing and teaching) and has experience in many nursing sectors including rehabilitation, orthopaedic, neurosurgery, emergency, aged care and general surgery. Sally is passionate about education in nursing in order to produce the best nurses possible.
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Vanessa Wright
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Elizabeth Cornford
25 May 2021
good reminder and overview of what to do.
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Jung Lee
22 Apr 2023
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Very Helpful in actual workplace
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Sammijo oconnor
05 Aug 2022
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Titus Thomas
21 Jun 2023
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Rebecca Panuccio
22 Feb 2023
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Great information, relevant to my practice.
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Dorothy Joel
12 Jul 2023
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Carmel cusack
26 Nov 2020
This is a useful resource that I can expand on when working within the patient care setting and in acting with colleagues.
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Sharni SIMPSON
05 Jun 2022
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Aimee Sing
26 May 2020
I thought this was a great resource providing information and techniques to help diffuse violent or aggressive situations.
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