PICOT Question: -In an Emergency Care setting with insulting and violent family, patients or workmates, will a violence prevention program, compared to no violence prevention program, reduce the high rate of physical and non-physical violence to hospital staff?

PICOT Question: -In an Emergency Care setting with insulting and violent family, patients or workmates, will a violence prevention program, compared to no violence prevention program, reduce the high rate of physical and non-physical violence to hospital staff?

PICOT Question: -In an Emergency Care setting with insulting and violent family, patients or workmates, will a violence prevention program, compared to no violence prevention program, reduce the high rate of physical and non-physical violence to hospital staff?

PICOT Format Population of Focus:Patients, patient’s family, or colleagues in the Emergency Care setting Intervention:Violence prevention plan/program Comparison:No violence prevention plan/program Outcome:Reduction in physical, and non-physical abuse to hospital staff Time:None Identification of the Nursing Problem As asserted by Gallant (2008, p1), any hospital organization has a duty to provide a safe and conducive workplace environment to offer quality patient care. The presence of workplace violence, however, has compromised the quality of care provided by nurses. The reality of providing quality care is non-existing because of the increasing rate of violence in hospitals Problem Description