In the U.S., two nurses are assaulted every hour. The Veritas Award is how a hospital proves — with evidence, not promises — that it is doing everything possible to keep them safe.
Nurses and caregivers expect more than policies, promises, and annual training. The Veritas Award recognizes the organizations that can show — through independent, evidence-based review — that workplace violence prevention is real, operational, and working. Not a statement of values. A verified record of them.
The Veritas Award exists for one reason: to give leaders a way to prove — not promise — that they are doing everything possible to keep their people safe.
For decades, being shoved, grabbed, or threatened was quietly written into what it meant to be a nurse. The assaults were under-reported and shrugged off as "part of the job." The data was always there — we stopped reading it.
Committees, annual trainings, badge readers, the occasional panic button — and still, two nurses are assaulted every hour. Programs live on paper but go unmeasured. No external standard separates real prevention from a binder on a shelf.
Patient safety changed when programs audited outcomes with real rigor — and published the truth. Veritas applies that discipline to the people giving the care: an independent audit of the data and the systems, against a defined standard. Not a banner — a verified record.
Every leader says their people matter. The Veritas Award is for the ones ready to prove it — to stand before their nurses, their board, and their community and say, with evidence in hand: we did everything we could.
Workplace violence affects employee trust, recruitment, retention, morale, and culture. The Award provides independent recognition that leadership has invested in protecting its workforce.
Violence incidents create substantial costs through injuries, workers' compensation claims, lost time, litigation, and insurance exposure. The Award validates that comprehensive measures are in place and functioning.
Organizations face rising expectations from accrediting bodies, state agencies, and federal regulators. The Award provides independent verification that best practices have been implemented and sustained.
Veritas accreditation isn't a certificate in a drawer. It's a package built to do two things at once: make your nurses feel protected and proud, and give your leadership the hard evidence that protection pays. Your staff can't see an audit — they can see this.
A licensed digital Veritas seal for your employee intranet, careers page, email signatures, and unit displays. The proof lives where your staff already are — not on a lobby wall built for patients.
Employee-FacingAnnouncement assets, unit posters, digital-screen graphics, and shareable cards that tell every nurse in plain language: your safety has been independently verified. Built to be felt on the floor, not filed away.
Employee-FacingA verifiable Veritas accreditation record confirming your status and scope — citable in recruiting, community outreach, and press, and checkable by anyone who wants to confirm it's real.
PublicA formal dossier — certified risk-reduction summary, audit findings, benchmarking, and projected claim and cost-avoidance figures — formatted for presentation to insurers, your board, and finance.
Leadership-FacingDefensible, regulator-ready proof that your organization met an external workplace-violence-prevention standard — the record you want on file long before you ever need it.
Leadership-FacingYour accreditation lives in the Veritas Dashboard — not in a drawer. It automatically reissues the Workplace Violence Prevention Risk Assessment to your team every two years and schedules an on-site Veritas walkthrough every three, so the award reflects how you protect your people now, not just the day you earned it. Organizations can remove themselves from the database at any time.
OngoingPrestige for your nurses. Proof for everyone else.
No consultation required to begin. You confirm readiness, apply online, and our team reviews where you stand — then we verify it in person.
Work through an independent Workplace Violence Prevention Risk Assessment with your unit and department leaders. Open it →
A perfect score on the Risk Assessment is the bar to apply. If you're not at 100%, you're not ready yet — and that's useful to know.
Submit the Veritas application — your WPV data and prevention program, captured in one form. No meetings to start.
Your application is checked against the Veritas standard, then read by our reviewers — including, carefully, why you're seeking the Award.
For a confirmed application, we come on site to confirm the program is exactly what your application says it is — then award.
Your application meets the Veritas standard and clears our reviewers. We schedule an on-site verification to confirm your program holds up in practice, walk through next steps, and proceed toward accreditation.
Our review — or the on-site verification — found the program isn't fully where it needs to be. You receive a clear breakdown of the specific gaps, with reviewer notes, plus access to our independent WPV specialist network to close them, then reapply.
Earning the Veritas Award means a hospital has been independently audited and verified on site against a defined standard across six prevention domains.
Recognition scales from a single patient care department to an entire health system — each ring building on the last.
Recognition for individual patient care departments where direct patient care is delivered.
Recognition for an entire hospital facility where all eligible patient care departments have demonstrated readiness and successfully completed review.
Recognition for healthcare systems whose participating hospitals have demonstrated readiness and successfully completed review.
Workplace violence in healthcare is measured in federal data, not anecdotes — and the numbers describe an everyday reality for the people delivering care.
The Veritas Award recognizes the organizations refusing to accept these numbers as normal.
Organizations preparing for the Award may choose to work with independent workplace violence prevention specialists. Browse the network by state, region, or specialty area.
The Veritas Award does not provide consulting services. All specialists listed are independent professionals and are not employees or representatives of the Veritas Award. Listings shown are sample profiles for demonstration.
No. That's the point. You complete the Workplace Violence Prevention Risk Assessment, then apply online. A meeting only happens after our team has reviewed your application — to discuss your result and next steps.
No. The Workplace Violence Prevention Risk Assessment is an independent tool developed separately — Veritas does not own it or claim it. We point you to it because reaching a perfect score on it is a clear, objective way to confirm you're ready to apply.
The Veritas Award certifies that a program is fully in place — not mostly. A perfect score on the Risk Assessment is the honest bar for that, and it protects your team's time: you apply when you're genuinely ready, not before.
When you submit, your application is checked against the Veritas standard and read by our reviewers — who pay particular attention to why you're seeking the Award. There are two results. Green means you're cleared, and we schedule an on-site verification to confirm the program holds up in practice before awarding. Red means our review — or the on-site visit — found the program isn't fully where it needs to be; you receive a clear breakdown of the gaps with reviewer notes, plus access to our independent WPV specialist network, then reapply.
Yes. Individual patient care departments, entire hospitals, and full health systems may all apply, depending on the scope you choose in your application.
It's completed by your unit and department leaders — nurse managers, educators, directors, and others responsible for prevention. Open it, select the department you're evaluating, work through each prevention domain with the leaders accountable for it, and record your answers honestly. Aim for 100% in each department before you apply. Open the Risk Assessment →
The Award is never a one-time stamp. Once earned, your organization is added to the Veritas Dashboard, which automatically reissues the Workplace Violence Prevention Risk Assessment to your team every two years and schedules an on-site Veritas walkthrough every three. This keeps the standard alive over time rather than frozen on the day you qualified. Organizations may remove themselves from the database at any time.
Veritas means truth.
Show your nurses the truth about how hard you'll fight for them.
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Complete the independent Workplace Violence Prevention Risk Assessment first, then submit your application below. Our team reviews every application against the Veritas standard — no consultation required to begin.
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The Award is earned, not granted. Eligibility is established through readiness — here's the path.
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