A series of violent incidents at the state hospital raised questions about how to balance treatment with safety.

JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) - Violence against healthcare workers is not new to Arkansas, but this past summer, three major hospital systems in Northeast Arkansas reportedly had patients attacking their ...

Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest was cited by the Pennsylvania Department of Health in September after pepper spray was used to restrain a patient who pushed a nurse and threatened staff. The report ...

An emergency room nurse from a UPMC hospital in Pennsylvania was flown to a Pittsburgh hospital over the weekend after police said he was violently attacked by a patient. According to a criminal ...

Healthcare workers are five times more likely to experience violence in the workplace compared to the average worker, according to the American Hospital Association. As facilities navigate the tension ...

New York State Nurses Association nurses held a candlelight vigil outside NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital in Park Slope on May 26, calling ...

Violence against health care workers is on the rise, with workers five times more likely to experience violence than other occupations. Factors contributing to the increase include pandemic-related ...

Violence intervention programs identify patients at risk of repeat violent injury and connect them with hospital and community-based resources to address underlying risk factors for violence. A ...

Many patients with firearm injuries are treated at hospitals with violence intervention programs, but only about 1 in 5 ultimately receive these services, according to a national analysis published in ...