Workplace violence (WPV) against health care workers is a worldwide phenomenon and is increasing in occurrence. In fact, 1 in every 4 nurses has experienced violence in the workplace and even that number is a woeful undercount because most violence still goes unreported. Inadequate staffing is a significant factor in this statistic and the cyclical nature of this issue leads to serious injuries, stress, burnout, and compassion fatigue and contributes to the large numbers of nurses leaving the profession.
 
ONA’s WPV workgroup is creating new strategic solutions for addressing WPV in a variety of ways including contract language, state legislative policy, education and training, and more. You can help by completing an important survey about WPV. The workgroup is hoping to collect information on the level of workplace violence and staffing inadequacies faced by our members. They also want to know about strategies to improve nurse staffing and reduce the incidence of WPV directed at nurses.

Please complete your WPV survey by Aug. 31 at 11:59 p.m. For questions, contact ONA's Professional Services Department at practice@OregonRN.org.

Click here to take the survey