A tamper evident nozzle shield (100; 105) for a dispenser, the tamper evident nozzle shield comprising: a protective cap (110; 115); a collar (120; 125); a connector (130; 135) connected to the protective cap and to the collar and hereby linking the protective cap and collar together; a retention ring (150; 155); and a tamper evident structure (140; 145), the protective cap (110; 115) hinged to the connector (130; 135) and shaped and sized for being placed over at least a portion of a nozzle for protecting a nozzle of a dispenser and the protective cap (110; 115) being shaped and sized such that the protective cap must be pulled away from the nozzle for the protective cap to be removed from the nozzle, the collar (120; 125) being generally C-shaped and open in a region opposite to the connection with the connector configured for at least partially encompassing a head skirt of a dispenser, and configured for preventing downward motion of a head of a dispenser, the retention ring (150; 155) integrated with the collar and/or connector, encircling at least a portion of a head skirt of the dispenser and being generally C-shaped and open in a region opposite to the connection to the collar and/or connector, the retention ring being configured such that the retention ring is removably attachable to a head skirt of a dispenser, the connector (130; 135) being generally flat, having an elongated shape extending from the protective cap to the retention ring and collar and the connector being tapered toward the protective cap, the tamper evident structure (140; 145) connected to or integrated into the tamper evident nozzle shield and positioned at an opposite end of the tamper evident nozzle shield to the protective cap (110; 115), the tamper evident structure (140; 145) including a break-away structure the breaking of which allows the protective cap to be pulled away from the nozzle, which breaking visually indicates that a dispenser attached to the tamper evident nozzle shield may have been actuated or tampered with. a protective cap (110; 115); a collar (120; 125); a connector (130; 135) connected to the protective cap and to the collar and hereby linking the protective cap and collar together; a retention ring (150; 155); and a tamper evident structure (140; 145), the protective cap (110; 115) hinged to the connector (130; 135) and shaped and sized for being placed over at least a portion of a nozzle for protecting a nozzle of a dispenser and the protective cap (110; 115) being shaped and sized such that the protective cap must be pulled away from the nozzle for the protective cap to be removed from the nozzle, the collar (120; 125) being generally C-shaped and open in a region opposite to the connection with the connector configured for at least partially encompassing a head skirt of a dispenser, and configured for preventing downward motion of a head of a dispenser, the retention ring (150; 155) integrated with the collar and/or connector, encircling at least a portion of a head skirt of the dispenser and being generally C-shaped and open in a region opposite to the connection to the collar and/or connector, the retention ring being configured such that the retention ring is removably attachable to a head skirt of a dispenser, the connector (130; 135) being generally flat, having an elongated shape extending from the protective cap to the retention ring and collar and the connector being tapered toward the protective cap, the tamper evident structure (140; 145) connected to or integrated into the tamper evident nozzle shield and positioned at an opposite end of the tamper evident nozzle shield to the protective cap (110; 115), the tamper evident structure (140; 145) including a break-away structure the breaking of which allows the protective cap to be pulled away from the nozzle, which breaking visually indicates that a dispenser attached to the tamper evident nozzle shield may have been actuated or tampered with.