I was speaking to a couple of nurses I just met and I was asking them if they get a assaulted at work. One of the nurses stated that never happened to her,she looked confused and asked if nurses really got assaulted at work. I went into a long and lengthy detail about how the violence is worse than ever. That nurses have to become change agents ,stick together and work with the institution so no one gets hurt.
After our talk she stated she did know someone that was injured but never heard it from the hospital but read it in the newspaper. I thought why was the staff of nurses so quiet ???? They should have been making a lot of noise to stop the violence from ever happening again.
Then I spoke to another nurse and if I had shut my eyes I would have thought I was back in the ER's I had worked. When I asked her if she was ever assaulted,she smiled and stated WELL a little , when I questioned a little further YES she had her wrist twisted,she has been slapped and also had her breast squeezed by a a patient/customer. I asked what did you do ? Her response was "I told them not to do that again,then they said I was being mean to them" This is what I meant when I said I felt I was back in my ER"S the nurses wrote up reports but nothing ever changed,it seemed no one cared enough to follow up.
I wonder what people think about being grabbed,punched ,hit, slapped or having your breasts squeezed. Is that alright? Should this person be held responsible for this action? I bet since no punishment is given, s/he will do it again and laugh. My other concern is this same person doing it to family members?
What if the healthcare workers grabbed some guys penis and laughed ,I bet there would be HELL to be paid!
What do you think?????
WWW.stophealthcareviolence.org
Sheila Wilson R.N. BSN MPH
After our talk she stated she did know someone that was injured but never heard it from the hospital but read it in the newspaper. I thought why was the staff of nurses so quiet ???? They should have been making a lot of noise to stop the violence from ever happening again.
Then I spoke to another nurse and if I had shut my eyes I would have thought I was back in the ER's I had worked. When I asked her if she was ever assaulted,she smiled and stated WELL a little , when I questioned a little further YES she had her wrist twisted,she has been slapped and also had her breast squeezed by a a patient/customer. I asked what did you do ? Her response was "I told them not to do that again,then they said I was being mean to them" This is what I meant when I said I felt I was back in my ER"S the nurses wrote up reports but nothing ever changed,it seemed no one cared enough to follow up.
I wonder what people think about being grabbed,punched ,hit, slapped or having your breasts squeezed. Is that alright? Should this person be held responsible for this action? I bet since no punishment is given, s/he will do it again and laugh. My other concern is this same person doing it to family members?
What if the healthcare workers grabbed some guys penis and laughed ,I bet there would be HELL to be paid!
What do you think?????
WWW.stophealthcareviolence.org
Sheila Wilson R.N. BSN MPH
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