I’m a hospital nurse educator and we just implemented a new violence flag in our electronic medical records. We are instructed to educate our nurses to flag any and every patient that has a single outburst of violence, even if they are experiencing hospital induced delirium. We are told this is just to bring awareness of the potential for violence for all members of the treatment team. It makes so much more sense now seeing this post.. this was implemented quickly, we didn’t have to make tipsheet a or computer based learning modules like we normally do with a new role out. We got supplied information from our corporate office and really got no say in the matter (which is not normal for our magnet facility).