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title: "Highlighted Resource: Workplace Violence Risk Assessment Tools for Nurses"
description: Explore essential tools to assess workplace violence risk in healthcare settings, ensuring safety and effective communication among providers. Learn more from our November Highlighted Resource.
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# [Highlighted Resource: Workplace Violence Risk Assessment Tools for Nurses](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/practicesupport/highlighted-resource-workplace-violence-risk-assessment-tools-for-nurses)

 Written by [Janice Moore, MLS](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/practicesupport/author/janice-moore) | Nov 4, 2024 7:25:45 PM

Healthcare workers can face many risks of potential workplace violence.

These tools from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health can help evaluate a person's potential for violence.

To learn more, check out the ADL's November Highlighted Resource:  
[Violence Risk Assessment Tools](https://library.ncahec.net/linkout.php?urlID=15128)

 

Risk assessment tools provide a standard against which to evaluate individuals for potential violence, enabling all healthcare providers to share a common frame of reference and understanding. This minimizes the possibility that communications regarding a person's potential for violence will be misinterpreted.

 

 

 

 

 

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