1. Differentiate categories of workplace violence against healthcare workers.  

2. Examine strategies for the prevention and management of workplace violence by patients and visitors.  

3. Describe individual, team, and organizational commitment for a culture of staff well-being.   

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion of this activity, learners should report an increase in the understanding of workplace violence categories Type 1- Type 4, strategies for workplace violence prevention in patients and visitors and collaboration with teams and fellow employees to of Houston Methodist to create a culture of safety and wellbeing as reflected in the post-survey evaluation of greater than

Speaker: 

Gordon Lee Gillespie, PhD, DNP, RN, CEN, CNE, CPEN, PHCNS-BC, ANEF, FAEN, FAAN

Chief Program Officer 

National League for Nursing

Dr. Gordon Gillespie has been a registered nurse for 30 years working in emergency department, public health, and academic settings. His research on workplace violence against healthcare workers has been funded by the CDC-National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, American Nurses Foundation, and Emergency Nurses Association Foundation. He has been invited by the CDC-NIOSH to develop an educational program on workplace bullying and consult on two national online learning modules. His work has been cited by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Government Accountability Office, American Nurses Association, and practitioners and researchers across five continents. He chaired the national workplace violence conference, guest edited two interprofessional journal issues on workplace violence, co-chaired the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario’s second edition of the Best Practice Guideline “Preventing and Managing Bullying and Violence in the Workplace”, and served as an international Director of the Emergency Nurses Association. He also serves on the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Forum to Address Attacks on Health Professionals. In 2024, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Emergency Nurses Association. In 2026, he co-authored the book, The Future of Nursing Education: An International Utstein Report. Currently, he is the Chief Program Officer for the National League for Nursing and an adjunct professor at the University of Cincinnati College of Nursing.