from The Patriot Ledger After failing year after year, a bill that lengthens jail sentences for people who attack health-care workers has been signed into law. “This is such a great thing,” said Sheila Wilson, a registered nurse from Quincy who watched Gov. Deval Patrick sign the bill Friday. “People are finally taking health-care violence [...]

Press Release from Massachusetts Nurses Association Surrounded by registered nurses and legislators, Governor Deval Patrick today signed a law that will stiffen the penalties for those who assault nurses and other health care workers, one of a series of measures the state’s nurses are proposing to address the growing problem of workplace violence in health [...]

By Jenn Marshall, Nanaimo News Bulletin Violence prevention efforts paid off for the Vancouver Island Health Authority in the form of provincial recognition for its training program. The health authority’s violence prevention team received an award of merit in the workplace health innovation category at the Health Employers Association of B.C.’s Excellence in B.C. Healthcare [...]

By Kristin Hayes, About.com If you’ve never heard the phrase, “Nurses eat their young.” it’s only because you haven’t spent enough time around nurses. What does this mean? Well to be frank, there’s a lot of emotional abuse that can go on in the world of medicine. As a nurse you can often expect a [...]

By Madonna Behen, Bloomberg Businessweek More and more violent crimes are occurring in America’s hospitals, clinics and other health care facilities, according to a new alert issued by the Joint Commission, an independent health care oversight group. Since 2004, there have been “significant increases in reports of assault, rape and homicide, with the greatest number [...]

from Massachusetts Nurses Association The management of Tufts Medical Center has been forced to pay a $5,000 fine, as well as to post a public notice this month for its registered nurses, detailing numerous lapses in its efforts to track injuries to nurses, including a significant number of needle stick injuries, which could have exposed [...]

from the Ontario Nurses’ Association The Ontario Nurses’ Association’s (ONA) 55,000 registered nurses and allied health professionals are today marking the 2010 Day of Mourning, honouring the thousands of workers who have lost their lives or been injured on the job. “It’s vital that we pause to remember the colleagues we have lost,” said ONA [...]

from 24-7 Press Release Stop Healthcare Violence was founded by three nursing professionals who have worked in both inpatient and outpatient hospital settings for many years. All three have been assaulted in the workplace. All three have witnessed co-workers suffer physical and verbal attacks. All three know it is time to stop the violence against [...]

By Sherry Casey, The Morning Call As an emergency room nurse for a local hospital for the past 10 years, I have been an eyewitness to the increasing misuse of the emergency department, causing overcrowded conditions, long wait times and patient frustration. These conditions are major factors contributing to the increasing occurrence of violence aimed [...]