[brian]

Police are searching for a man who has reportedly robbed three nurses at gunpoint in local hospitals during the past week.



A man (pictured, left) believed to be in his early to mid-30s was seen on surveillance cameras wandering the floors of a Detroit hospital on April 23. Police say around 4:30 p.m., he approached a female nurse and robbed her at gunpoint. He allegedly robbed another female nurse at that hospital at 5:30 p.m.



"In both incidences, the people were just doing what they were supposed to do. They were going about their normal daily activities at work," said David Jackson, of the Detroit Police Violent Crimes Taskforce.



Victims reportedly told police....

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[babynurselsa]

Within the last month there was a nurse kidnapped from the parking garage and raped. She later managed to escape and assist police in identifying her attacker.
This occured in Tulsa aat one of the hospitals I work agency at.

[Town & Country]

I wonder if the hospital could post a few security guards in the parking lot.

(Of course, they probably already have guards in the VISITOR parking lot.....guards in the employee section would undoubtedly be "too expensive"....)

[mattsmom81]

Nurses, make your facilities accountable for safeguarding you on the job. Too many hospitals today are ridiculously lax regarding security. They beef up when infants are kidnapped, but then its back to business as usual quickly. When nurses are attacked or robbed or abused on the job by out of control family members and patients, hospitals sweep it under the rug. When we stop accepting this and demand doors be locked and security measures/ policies be instituted, things will change.

This is a pet peeve of mine. We get more response to danger on the job by calling 911 and I think we need to do this more often, and bring this issue to light by talking to the media about nonresponsive hospitals, who feel abuse and danger are 'part of the job' for a nurse.

[Nitengale326]

Originally Posted by Shezam!

I wonder if the hospital could post a few security guards in the parking lot.

(Of course, they probably already have guards in the VISITOR parking lot.....guards in the employee section would undoubtedly be "too expensive"....)

If they did post security guards in the employee lots it would be the type that needed a walker to get around! LOL

[Nitengale326]

Originally Posted by mattsmom81

Nurses, make your facilities accountable for safeguarding you on the job. Too many hospitals today are ridiculously lax regarding security. They beef up when infants are kidnapped, but then its back to business as usual quickly. When nurses are attacked or robbed or abused on the job by out of control family members and patients, hospitals sweep it under the rug. When we stop accepting this and demand doors be locked and security measures/ policies be instituted, things will change.

This is a pet peeve of mine. We get more response to danger on the job by calling 911 and I think we need to do this more often, and bring this issue to light by talking to the media about nonresponsive hospitals, who feel abuse and danger are 'part of the job' for a nurse.

I worked in long term care for years and they were terrible about facility safety overall. We had EVERY door unlocked at night and no key. Staff was in and out of all doors to smoke, go to 7/11 what ever... we begged for keys, begged for lockdown at 11:30 pm (of course, 1 door open for smokers). but it wasn't until we had a pt get out of the building at 3 am in the cold and snowy rain and we had to call the police who called the radio stations that we got keys the very next day! What a coinkedink!!! I think NOT!!!

[heart queen]

we've just had a nurse beaten terribly and raped by two men in the employee lot. No cameras of course. I don't even think she can identify them, no pictures have been floating around.

our security spends it's time giving employees parking tickets period. If they're not rounding in the lot you're walking through... you're alone. No changes in security since the "incident" except for a MEMO telling employees to use the buddy system . I'm not one for legal action but I think she shouldl SUE their butts off.

[Q.]

I'm just curious what the man actually GOT from the nurses. Honestly, if someone attempted to rob me while I was working on the floor they might receive about 4 pens, some scrap paper, my report sheet, some chapstick, a hair clip and enough change to buy some Doritos and a soda from the vending machine.

[PeninsulaRN]

Originally Posted by Susy K

I'm just curious what the man actually GOT from the nurses. Honestly, if someone attempted to rob me while I was working on the floor they might receive about 4 pens, some scrap paper, my report sheet, some chapstick, a hair clip and enough change to buy some Doritos and a soda from the vending machine.

You know, Susy, I was thinking the same thing. If someone actually attacked me while on the job they'd get precious little.

I agree, its obvious that the security in these places is substandard, but nurses and other hospital personnel need to start taking some responsibility for their own safety. I would never walk out to my car in a dark parking lot alone. There are some that may say I am 'hyperalert' and that's fine, but I watch for suspicious people, I'm aware of my surroundings, I walk to my car with another person and with my keys out. Its terrible what happened to these people but some of it might have been avoided if they hadn't fallen into the trap of thinking they were safe just because they were on hospital property.

At the very least I'd advocate for some safety/self-defense classes and increased security.

[Q.]

Originally Posted by PeninsulaRN

I agree, its obvious that the security in these places is substandard, but nurses and other hospital personnel need to start taking some responsibility for their own safety.

Agree wholeheartedly.
Security can only be so effective and can only be so many places at one time, especially on nights.

At our hospital we have a Code Yellow, which is for any suspicious person. I'm fairly confident that had this man been "wandering" our halls at 0430, one of our staff members would have already put out the call.