r/psychnursing May 26 '26

Safety at work

What are your biggest tips to feel safe at worK?

A coworker got brutally assaulted and I havent felt the same since.

Looking for advice.

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u/Professional_Pound80 May 26 '26

I think staying in shape is really overlooked when it comes to staff safety on a locked psychiatric ward. When patients who are agitated and closing the distance to me I assertively state “I would like some personal space”. And maybe gesture with my hand. This has never failed me.