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Nursing staffs to acuity.
Security still staffs to square footage.

GuardisOne sets security staffing from what happens inside your hospital, by post and by shift, using data you already keep.

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Same building.
Two answers.

1. Pick a hospital size

2. How much security work is there?

Square footage says–
The work says–

Officers (FTE), posts included, same building

 

Square footage can’t see a behavioral health unit, an overnight ED or a year of assaults. Acuity can.

Every officer, traced to a cause

From headcount to the shift

A baseline that keeps up

The written report

  • Joint Commission worksite analysis§2–3
  • California §1257.7 plan§3–4
  • OSHA recordable violence§2
  • Board and CFO request§1

Hospital security in the news

11 stories, November 2024 to May 2026

  1. NBC ConnecticutNovember 2024Armed guards coming to some healthcare facilities after workers report dangers
  2. ABC13January 2025Nurse suffers broken leg after patient allegedly attacked her in NC emergency room
  3. OR ManagerApril 2025Health systems boost security spending as workplace violence escalates
  4. AxiosJune 2025Workplace violence costs hospitals more than $18B: report
  5. Spectrum News 1June 2025Ohio nurses push for safer workplaces
  6. 6abc PhiladelphiaJuly 2025Temple Hospital nurses, staffers demand more security measures
  7. ABC11October 2025‘The stress is still there’: Workplace violence top of mind for nurses in the Triangle
  8. Campus SafetyDecember 2025Fatal stabbing at San Francisco General followed years of calls for increased security
  9. Mission LocalDecember 2025As violence rose, S.F. health workers say safety proposals were ignored
  10. Missouri IndependentFebruary 2026Missouri nurses are done normalizing violence
  11. Spectrum NewsMay 2026Rising violence against healthcare workers is changing New York hospitals and contributing to staffing crisis

5×

as likely as other workers to be hurt by violence on the job. That’s healthcare.

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Regulators want the work shown

  1. In forceCalifornia §1257.7Annual assessment and a security plan that covers staffing.
  2. Jan 2022The Joint CommissionAnnual workplace-violence worksite analysis.
  3. 2025Oregon SB 537A healthcare workplace-violence rule.
  4. Dec 2026Cal/OSHA, SB 553A workplace-violence standard for California.

$61,110

to replace one bedside nurse. Workplace violence is one of the reasons they leave.

NSI 2025 Retention Report

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Fixed fee per facility. Delivered in 30 days. No software, no patient data.

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Nursing staffs to acuity.
Security still staffs to square footage.

GuardisOne sets security staffing from what actually happens in your hospital: assaults, behavioral health calls, emergency volume, trauma level. You get a headcount by post and by shift, and a report that shows how it was reached.

Done remotely in 30 days. No software, no patient data.

Get your baselineHow it works
Staffing modelSame building, two ways
Square-footage answer–officers (FTE), posts included
Acuity answer–officers (FTE), posts included

Calculating…

Trauma levelLevel I

The written report maps to

  • The Joint Commission
  • OSHA 29 CFR 1904
  • Cal/OSHA
  • CMS
  • IAHSS

Two hospitals the same size can have very different nights. Square footage can’t see a behavioral health unit, an overnight emergency department or a year of assaults. Acuity can.

Every officer, traced to a cause.

The assessment names what drives the number at your hospital, strongest first, beside the figures it was read from, so the headcount explains itself in a budget meeting or a survey.
How it works

From headcount to the shift.

Your fixed posts, plus the non-posted officers your acuity calls for to patrol, respond and escort, laid out hour by hour and shift by shift.

A baseline that keeps up.

Add each month’s figures and the trends, the forecast and the plan by year update with them.

Ready for the survey and the budget meeting.

Each assessment comes with a written report that shows the math, mapped to the requirements you already answer to.

Security staffing assessmentRiverside Regional Medical Center

1Executive summary

Riverside Regional carries a medium overall risk, driven by behavioral security responses and recordable workplace violence. We recommend 97 security FTE: 59 for posted officers and 38 non-posted, with the heaviest coverage in the emergency department and behavioral health unit.

2Worksite analysis

180 behavioral security responses, up 38% on the year, and 22 OSHA-recordable workplace violence cases. Evening and overnight shifts carry most incidents.

3Staffing plan

Posted officers59 FTE
Non-posted officers38 FTE
Recommended97 FTE

4Security plan coverage

Posts, patrol routes and response roles by shift.

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  1. Board and CFOStaffing budget requestSection 1
  2. OSHA 29 CFR 1904Recordable workplace violenceSection 2
  3. The Joint CommissionAnnual worksite analysisSections 2 and 3
  4. California §1257.7Security assessment and planSections 3 and 4

Hospital security in the news

11 stories, November 2024 to May 2026

  1. NBC ConnecticutNovember 2024Armed guards coming to some healthcare facilities after workers report dangers
  2. ABC13January 2025Nurse suffers broken leg after patient allegedly attacked her in NC emergency room
  3. OR ManagerApril 2025Health systems boost security spending as workplace violence escalates
  4. AxiosJune 2025Workplace violence costs hospitals more than $18B: report
  5. Spectrum News 1June 2025Ohio nurses push for safer workplaces
  6. 6abc PhiladelphiaJuly 2025Temple Hospital nurses, staffers demand more security measures
  7. ABC11October 2025‘The stress is still there’: Workplace violence top of mind for nurses in the Triangle
  8. Campus SafetyDecember 2025Fatal stabbing at San Francisco General followed years of calls for increased security
  9. Mission LocalDecember 2025As violence rose, S.F. health workers say safety proposals were ignored
  10. Missouri IndependentFebruary 2026Missouri nurses are done normalizing violence
  11. Spectrum NewsMay 2026Rising violence against healthcare workers is changing New York hospitals and contributing to staffing crisis

Healthcare workers are five times as likely as other workers to be hurt by violence on the job. Square-footage staffing doesn’t account for that.

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Security staffing is being asked to show its work.

Accreditors and state regulators are moving workplace-violence programs toward documented, evidence-based decisions. Staffing is where that lands.

In force

California H&S Code §1257.7

Annual security assessment, and a security plan built from it that covers staffing.

Source

January 2022

The Joint Commission

Annual workplace-violence worksite analysis, incident tracking and leadership oversight.

Source

2025

Oregon SB 537

A healthcare workplace-violence rule moves through Oregon OSHA.

Source

By December 2026

Cal/OSHA, SB 553

A workplace-violence prevention standard must be adopted for California employers.

Source
73%

of nonfatal workplace-violence injuries in the US happen to healthcare workers.

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
$61,110

to replace one bedside RN. Workplace violence is one of the reasons nurses leave.

NSI 2025 Retention Report

Find out what your hospital actually needs.

One fixed fee per facility. Your baseline in 30 days, from data you already keep.

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