On the Frontlines: Addressing Workplace Violence in Health Care

President’s Lecture Series Fall 2025

Co-sponsored with Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, a Point32Health company

Health care workers are experiencing an unprecedented level of workplace violence which impacts on their well-being, retention, and quality of care. This interactive panel brings together four experts to explore the roots of workplace violence and offer practical, systemic, and policy-based solutions.

Panelists Include

• Debra MacGregor, MHA, MSN, RN
  Director of Clinical Coordination, Pre-Licensure Nursing, Regis College
  Registered Nurse, ER at MetroWest Medical Center
  Topic: Understanding the Scope of Workplace Violence and its Consequences
• JD Buchert, MSN, M.Ed., MS, RN
  Workforce Safety Manager, Parkland Hospital, Dallas, TX
  Topic: What Factors Put Healthcare Workers and Settings at Risk
• Karen Garvey, DFASHRM, CPPS
  VP for Patient Safety and Clinical Risk Management, Parkland Hospital, Dallas, TX
  Topic: Prevention and Intervention Strategies
• Cammie Daniello, DNP, MS/MBA, RN
  Executive Director at ANA/MASS and the Foundation for Nursing Advancement in Massachusetts
  Topic: Policy, Advocacy and the Path Forward

Contact Hours: Two
Fee: None

Registration Information: You must preregister by 3 p.m. on October 8, 2025.

This activity has been submitted to American Nurses Association Massachusetts, for approval to award contact hours. American Nurses Association Massachusetts is accredited as an approver of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. For more information regarding contact hours, please email presidents.lectureseries@regiscollege.edu.