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What Can Be Done to Protect Nurses from Workplace Violence?
What Can Be Done to Protect Nurses from Workplace Violence?
Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Thursday, March 11th 2010   
By Stacey Miller, advanceweb.com Last week, a patient pulled out a gun on a hospital unit and shot a nurse at least three times. It happened March 2 at Danbury Hospital, Danbury, CT. The nurse shot was Andrew Hull, BSN, RN. He was wounded, after allegedly protecting one of his co-workers from the gunfire. It seems whenever you read news stories about random acts of violence, people often are quoted as saying they could never have imagined [+]
Violence in hospitals a growing problem
Violence in hospitals a growing problem
Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Monday, March 8th 2010   
By Robert Miller, Behavioral Health Central Last week, when 85-year old Stanley Lupienski, a patient at Danbury Hospital, pulled out a gun and started shooting -- hitting Andy Hull, a male nurse, three times -- people were rightly horrified. Hospitals, they said, are places of healing and safety. But regularly at Danbury Hospital -- and at almost any hospital in the U.S. -- a patient yells at a nurse, pushes and curses the staff, takes a swing [+]
Four Precautions to Prevent ED Violence
Four Precautions to Prevent ED Violence
Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Wednesday, March 3rd 2010   
from HealthLeaders Media When it comes to workplace violence in hospitals, emergency departments (EDs) act as a potential powder keg. "The emergency department is a funnel into your institution," says Fredrick Roll, MA, CHPA-F, CPP, president of Healthcare Security Consultants, Inc., of Frederick, CO, and one of the country's leading experts on hospital security. "Patients coming to the ED don't really want to be there in the first place," Roll says. "Something has happened to them to bring [+]
Workplace Violence: Nurses often get hit at work
Workplace Violence: Nurses often get hit at work
Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Wednesday, February 24th 2010   
By Suzanne Hoholik, The Columbus Dispatch Many nurses are assaulted by the very patients they're trying to help. Experts say most of these assaults take place in emergency departments or psychiatric units where patients and visitors might have used alcohol or drugs, or were improperly medicated. Nurses often take the brunt of patients' frustration and fear because they're on the front lines more than other medical staff. "You can have people hit, slapped, knocked about and thrown against walls," [+]
AU: Hospital to review bullying claims
AU: Hospital to review bullying claims
Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Monday, February 22nd 2010   
from ABC.net.au Two external reviews will be held into the Canberra Hospital's maternity unit. Nine obstetricians have resigned from the hospital in the past 13 months. ACT Health Minister Katy Gallagher met with a group of doctors at the hospital this morning to discuss bullying allegations and the workplace environment. Ms Gallagher agreed to two external reviews, one to look at workplace issues and the other to investigate patient outcomes. One of the doctors, Liz Gallagher, worked at the [+]
Proposal in Ohio House would increase punishment for assaulting nurses
Proposal in Ohio House would increase punishment for assaulting nurses
Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Wednesday, February 17th 2010   
By Brandon Glenn, MedCityNews.com As promised, a Cincinnati lawmaker has introduced a bill that would increase the punishment for assaulting a nurse in the workplace. House Bill 450 calls for the punishment for assaulting a nurse to be ratcheted up to a fourth-degree felony, according to Rep. Denise Driehaus, D-Cincinnati, one of the bill’s two sponsors. Fourth-degree felonies are punishable by prison terms between six and 18 months, and a fine up to $5,000. Typically, assault is treated [+]
AU: Nurses say violence ‘part of the job’
AU: Nurses say violence ‘part of the job’
Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Wednesday, February 3rd 2010   
from news.com.au More than half of nurses are attacked while tending to patients and more than 90 per cent are verbally abused, a report has found. The report also says most nurses fail to formally disclose the incidents because they believe violence and abuse come with the job. A study of 113 nurses, published in the Journal of Clinical Nursing, shows three-quarters of those providing private and public care suffer workplace violence. But research team leader Rose Chapman, [+]
Protect your Workplace from the Violence and Murder of Annie Le at Yale University
Protect your Workplace from the Violence and Murder of Annie Le at Yale University
Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Thursday, January 28th 2010   
By Melissa Fleischer, Esq., HR Learning Center Don’t let an incident like the murder of Annie Le at Yale University happen in your workplace. Incidents of workplace violence happen regularly throughout the United States and threaten employers with liability on a daily basis. Yet statistics reveal that most employers fail to provide training on workplace violence and many do not even have a workplace violence policy. All of these are big mistakes for [+]
Bill would make assault on nurses a felony
Bill would make assault on nurses a felony
Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Tuesday, January 26th 2010   
By Cara Matthews, LoHud.com Senators approved legislation today that would increase penalties for individuals who injure or try to injure on-duty nurses. The penalty for assault on registered nurses and licensed practical nurses would be elevated to a class C or D felony. The bill now moves to the Assembly. RNs and LPNs have the highest proportion of injuries among health-care workers. Each year, almost 500,000 nurses are victims of violent crimes in the workplace, including biting, [+]
UK: Punched, kicked and bitten – but assaults on Bristol NHS staff rarely lead to an arrest
UK: Punched, kicked and bitten – but assaults on Bristol NHS staff rarely lead to an arrest
Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Thursday, January 21st 2010   
from ThisIsBristol.co.uk More than 650 NHS staff were attacked in Bristol hospitals last year – but fewer than one in five incidents led to police arrests, new figures obtained by the Evening Post reveal. Over the past year, hospital workers have had to endure punches, kicks to the face and attacks with walking sticks. In at least 42 cases, staff members were scratched so hard that the attacker drew blood and 33 workers were punched in the face. Despite [+]

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