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Health care workers are already vulnerable to COVID-19 exposure. We shouldn't have to worry about assaults and violence, too.
Patient abuse or patient neglect is any action or failure to act which causes unreasonable suffering, misery or harm to the patient. [1] Elder abuse is classified as patient abuse of those older than 60 and forms a large proportion of patient abuse. [2] Abuse includes physically striking or sexually assaulting a patient. It also includes the ...
In 2014, a survey by the American Nurses Association of 3,765 nurses and nursing students found that 21% reported physical abuse, and over 50% reported verbal abuse within a 12-month period. [3] Causes for patient outbursts vary, including psychiatric diagnosis, under the influence of drugs or alcohol, [ 4 ] or subject to a long wait time. [ 5 ]
The hospital announced these changes in September 2017, which included not allowing police officers in patient-care areas and having them speak with "house supervisors" instead of nurses. [ 37 ] On October 31, 2017, Wubbels and her attorney announced that Salt Lake City and the University of Utah had agreed to settle the incident for $500,000.
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Officers responded Aug. 28 to a report of the assault at Agape Villa Care Home in the 1100 block of Nob Hill Court, said Lt. Chris Ciampa, a spokesman for the Roseville Police Department.
The nurse gave him two doses of Narcan, but he kept trying to break away, according to the sentencing memo. As a result, the flight attendant, who he’s accused of assaulting, secured his ankles ...
On December 18, a group of 18 British and Irish tourists who became drunk and rowdy and had a food fight on a Northwest flight from London to Minneapolis were restrained by members of the U.S. freestyle wrestling team who were also aboard. Some members of the group supposedly dispatched their children to steal liquor from the drinks carts after ...