Nine in ten healthcare workers have witnessed or directly experienced (or been in close proximity to) violence from a patient or a patient’s caregiver in the past month. Three in four have encountered both verbal and physical assaults in the month, and nearly half of workers needed to call for security or another coworker to assist.
A survey from Perceptyx asked workers in clinical and support roles across hospitals, outpatient centers, labs, nursing homes and home health settings about their experiences of workplace violence.