Author: Hope Wilson

Workplace Violence in the Emergency Department

Workplace violence (WPV) in the emergency department is entirely too common. Emergency medicine has one of the highest rates of WPV each year (Hartnett & Jasani, n.d.). The movement against WPV in healthcare is geared toward resources for nurses, as they spend the majority of the time with a patient, but it is an important […]

Institutional Betrayal Trauma and Peer Victimization

” [Institutional courage] is an institution’s commitment to seek the truth and engage in moral action, despite unpleasantness, risk, and short-term cost. It is a pledge to protect and care for those who depend on the institution. It is a compass oriented to the common good of individuals, the institution, and the world. It is […]