Violence against nurses is escalating.
#healthcare
https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/healthcare-workers-protections-visiting-nurses-death/3243528/
@CinnamonGirlE
I talked to a nurse at the emergency clinic a couple of weeks ago, and she has started taking Defense Martial Art classes.
So sad it has come to this. 😥
I have a couple of friends who work with dementia patients and regularly get assaulted by the patients--verbally, physically, sexually. They always have marks and bruises. And it's treated as normal and part of the job.
@tyghebright @Maude
Absolutely. That's just a given at this point. And the bad part is that you could actually kind of see it with the dementia patients!
Yes it is to an extent inevitable, but there's more that can be done to help. One thing is to be more flexible with their time, allowing them to walk away for a bit and take breaks.
Usually, they're so short-staffed that these things happen and they just have to keep going.
@tyghebright @Maude
There is plenty more that can be done. And you hit the nail on the head. Short staffing hurts everybody except the money makers. Follow the money. Because now it's fully ensconced in medicine. And that's a bad thing.