Addressing workplace violence against nurses

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO) call upon the appropriate ministries to implement new and expanded measures to protect nurses from workplace violence (WPV). These should include minimum standards for organizational WPV training that include de-escalation, risk assessment, and self-defense techniques; reporting requirements for workplace violence trends that apply to all health-care workplaces; province-wide tracking systems for patients that have been physically violent in health-care settings; and enforcement and accountability for individuals who are knowingly violent towards nurses and nursing students across all Ontario health-care workplaces and educational settings