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  1. Aug 10, '12 by
    "Slapped across the face by male patient"

    If the patient had been female, would you have said: "Slapped across the face by female patient"?
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  2. Aug 10, '12 by
    Im sorry this happened to you. I had a patient squeeze my boobs, & before I knew it I punched him dead in the chest! I told my nurse manager and she didn't write me up. However, he knew better. The next time I came in the room he kept his hands to himself.
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  3. Aug 10, '12 by
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  4. Aug 10, '12 by
    Wow at some of these responses. Sorry OP that this happened to you. One of my biggest fears in nursing is assault but it's always a possibility in this career.

    For the posters complaining about the OP not using the language line, the patient was slumped down in the bed! It was honestly a freak accident on her part.
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  5. Aug 10, '12 by
    Regardless of not speaking the same language, if he is AOx3, not hitting someone in the face is obvious. Second language issues may compound dementia, but alone are no excuse for HITTING SOMEONE IN THE FACE.
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  6. Aug 10, '12 by
    I cannot believe some people are implying that an alert and oriented patient should not be held responsible because there was a language barrier and he could have been scared and just reacting. What a load of BS! The language barrier goes both ways, and I'm sure the OP was scared, would it have been ok if she just "reacted" and hit him back?! I guarantee you'd all be saying she was wrong for that, just as he is completely in the wrong. Regardless of the language barrier and his potential fear, if he was a&ox3 then he knew he was in a hospital and could tell she was a health care worker. Of course its a completely different story if he was demented/altered mental status. But even so, its disturbing that his family was oh this happens all the time as if its no big deal.
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  7. Aug 10, '12 by
    slap him back
  8. Aug 10, '12 by
    Quote from factorviia
    "Slapped across the face by male patient"

    If the patient had been female, would you have said: "Slapped across the face by female patient"?
    I was wondering if the replies would have been the same if it had been a female patient, or just male specific.

    Also, what would the advice had been if it had been a male nurse that was slapped by a female patient?
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  9. Aug 10, '12 by
    Quote from factorviia
    "Slapped across the face by male patient"

    If the patient had been female, would you have said: "Slapped across the face by female patient"?
    Good question. I don't know.

    Had I been slapped by a woman I probably would not have been as upset as I was. Something about being a man hitting me really, really infuriated me. I felt it was relevant.
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  10. Aug 10, '12 by
    Quote from noyesno
    Good question. I don't know.

    Had I been slapped by a woman I probably would not have been as upset as I was. Something about being a man hitting me really, really infuriated me. I felt it was relevant.
    You were more upset about being slapped by a man than the fact you were slapped in the first place?