AONL Industry Insights Webinar: The Impact of Violence on Nurses: Building Safer Workplaces for Satisfaction and Success

The Impact of Violence on Nurses: Building Safer Workplaces for Satisfaction and Success

Workplace violence is more than a safety concern—it’s a direct threat to nurse satisfaction, retention, and overall well-being. Nurses across the United States continue to fight for their rights, from safer conditions to better wages, underscoring how violence at work contributes to burnout, turnover, and staffing shortages. In this webinar, presented in partnership with Evolv, healthcare leaders will discuss the deep impact of workplace violence on nurse morale and how it drives dissatisfaction and attrition. Discover how proactive violence prevention measures can not only safeguard staff but also create a healthier, more supportive work environment that promotes long-term retention. Learn how these strategies also protect patients by reducing care disruptions and medical errors during times of staff unrest. Join us for a critical conversation on building a safer, more sustainable healthcare workforce.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Trends and impact of workplace violence on nurse satisfaction, retention, and recruitment 
2. Learn proactive violence prevention measures to support a healthier workplace

Presenters

Jason Grellner, Vice President and Head of Healthcare, Evolv Technology

Jason has an extensive history in the public safety sector, serving over 25 years as a police officer in Missouri. Prior to joining Evolv, Jason had transitioned to the private sector where he was Executive Director of Public Safety for Mercy Healthcare with responsibility for the security of 42 Hospitals, 600 clinics, 76 retail pharmacies and 43,000 coworkers. 

Betty Jo Rocchio, DNP, RN, CRNA, CENP, EBP-C, EVP, Chief Nurse Executive, Advocate Health

Betty Jo has more than 30 years of experience in nursing, joining Advocate Health in November 2024. Her previous experience includes nursing leadership roles at Mercy, a well-known nonprofit Catholic health care organization headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, and in the Mount Carmel Health System in Columbus, Ohio. Betty Jo has a passion and drive for leveraging technology and data analytics to support nursing and clinical teams to enhance patient care outcomes. Betty Jo serves on the Medtronic Chief Nurse Advisory Board, the Mytonomy Advisory Board and the UKG Chief Nurse Advisory Board. She is also an accomplished speaker and has written publications in support of nursing practice and operations, technology, supply chain and analytics. 

Linda Knodel, MHA, MSN, LFACHE, FAAN, FAONL

Linda Knodel is a visionary leader with deep expertise in strategic design, innovation, and the integration of care delivery models across a wide range of healthcare settings and systems.

Linda has  board experience at the national, regional, state, and local levels including ACHE and served as AONL President. She is also active on schools of nursing  advisory boards.

As the Chief Nursing Executive at Kaiser Permanente she had accountability for the practice of nursing for  64,000 nurses. Prior to joining Kaiser, Linda was the System CNO at Mercy, Chesterfield MO and the CNO for CHI St. Alexius Health in Bismarck, ND. 
She is board-certified in Nursing Administration, a Life Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives, a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing and a Fellow in the American Organization of Nursing Leadership. Linda has won multiple industry leadership awards including ACHE’s Gold Medal Award, is a published author and speaker at industry events and conferences.
 

About the Sponsor

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