Growing nurse-patient ratios ‘catastrophic formula’ for increasing healthcare violence, consultant says

Becker's Healthcare August 8, 2023
Nick Thomas

A growing disparity between the number of patients and nurses assigned to them is helping lead to increasing violence in healthcare facilities, according to an Aug. 7 PBS report.

Healthcare is up to five times more dangerous than any other profession in terms of workplace violence, Michael D’Angelo, a former police officer who now works as a healthcare security consultant, said in the report.

Worsening staffing and patient ratios are an “absolutely catastrophic formula for workplace violence increasing,” he said.

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