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by divaRN* Oct 30, '10Here is an article about an incident that recently happened at a local hospital. Unfortunatley this type of event happens a lot more than the public thinks. It is time we speak up and send a message that this behavior is not acceptable. We are your nurses. We are here to help you, not to take your abuse.
Assault on nurse lands man in prison
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http://allnurses.com/showthread.php?t=513226©2013 allnurses.com INC. All Rights Reserved. - Oct 31, '10 by TakeOneIt was only a few years ago that I witnessed an alert and oriented patient backhand his nurse, then state emphatically and with a huge smile on his face, "If you were my wife, I'd be in jail by now. But because you're a nurse, you have to take it. I can hit you all I want!" He too learned otherwise in court.
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Oct 31, '10 by mochagirl26I HAVE heard that nurses are spit at, pushed, and kicked but they don't report it. Does anyone know why the nurses won't speak up? I'm curious to know if a civil suit was also filed was for battery/assault (intentional torts) against the patient.cherryames1949 and lindarn like this. - Oct 31, '10 by lindarnNurses don't report abuse, many times because their employers threatens them with termination, if they do. You know, bad press is more important than nurses lives.
Another unfortunate reason, is the, "martyr mary", personalities, who are attracted to nursing. They have a pathologic need to "help people", at any cost, regardless of their own needs, or rights.
This unfortunate group of inviduals, has held nursing back for years. They have fought unionization, fighting increasing the entry into practice, staffing ratios, becoming politically active, and fighting for the rights of nurses to work in a safe environment, earn a professional salary, and have the benefits, pension, that other health care professionals earn. All the while, doing work that is far less stressful, has less liability, and has far less impact on positive patient outcomes.
This attitude starts, and is encouraged in nursing schools, by nursing school administrators who are indebted to hospitals, and other health care facilities, who allow nursing students to perform their clinicals.
Hospitals and nursing homes, especially, would not be happy if schools taught students about the benefits of unionizing, staffing ratios, being politicallly active, taught fundamentals of Employment Law, and what nurses rights are in the workplace, etc, You catch my drift.
If this stuff was taught, rather than being considered fluff, it would be a positive influence on nurses, who then would not be pushed around, because they know the law. Imagine that. Heavans to Betsy!!
JMHO and my NY $0.02.
Lindarn, RN, BSN, CCRN
Somewhere in the PACNW - Oct 31, '10 by Leda1stLindaRN, I agree with you 100%. And I envy the fact that you can freely put your name, credentials, and location on your post. I am always careful to conceal my real identity for fear of being "blacklisted" somehow and not able to get a job. Sad, but true. So many of us feel compelled to take crap for fear of being reprimanded. I have worked in places where, in the incident described in the article, the supervisors would have tried to make it somehow the nurse's fault that she got kicked - she "antagonized" the patient, or didn't talk to him nicely enough, or some other crap. My husband is in a union, and he tells me all the time that nurses need to come together and demand better treatment, reasonable patient loads, etc.
- Oct 31, '10 by hdbowersRNUnionization will never happen with nurses. Nurses are too quick to "eat our young " and throw each other under the bus.
- Oct 31, '10 by PostOpPrincessQuote from TakeOneIt was only a few years ago that I witnessed an alert and oriented patient backhand his nurse, then state emphatically and with a huge smile on his face, "If you were my wife, I'd be in jail by now. But because you're a nurse, you have to take it. I can hit you all I want!" He too learned otherwise in court.
I hope he had money.
Because after that...he'd be begging for pennies.
- Oct 31, '10 by PostOpPrincessQuote from lindarnyou make a lot of sense, sister girllll.....nurses don't report abuse, many times because their employers threatens them with termination, if they do. you know, bad press is more important than nurses lives.
another unfortunate reason, is the, "martyr mary", personalities, who are attracted to nursing. they have a pathologic need to "help people", at any cost, regardless of their own needs, or rights.
i am so over this type of personality. i wish they would gravitate towards another career. these are the same ones who think it is "mean" if you set normal/realistic boundaries. these types are also the kinds that come from bad backgrounds, think that just because you want to "help people" you can be a nurse---just like that. if that was so, why bother with all the maths and sciences?? i seriously wish people would seek help first and realize they need to be fixed before they become nurses. blunt? you betcha.
this unfortunate group of inviduals, has held nursing back for years. they have fought unionization, fighting increasing the entry into practice, staffing ratios, becoming politically active, and fighting for the rights of nurses to work in a safe environment, earn a professional salary, and have the benefits, pension, that other health care professionals earn. all the while, doing work that is far less stressful, has less liability, and has far less impact on positive patient outcomes.
yes--agreed, except for the unionization part. i have a unionized, public hospital that is up the street from us. it's a disaster for all parties. i don't think it is the unions' fault per se, but i don't have anything else to base my opinions on.
this attitude starts, and is encouraged in nursing schools, by nursing school administrators who are indebted to hospitals, and other health care facilities, who allow nursing students to perform their clinicals.
hospitals and nursing homes, especially, would not be happy if schools taught students about the benefits of unionizing, staffing ratios, being politicallly active, taught fundamentals of employment law, and what nurses rights are in the workplace, etc, you catch my drift.
the bottom lines for those schools = $$$$ "ef" everyone else.
if this stuff was taught, rather than being considered fluff, it would be a positive influence on nurses, who then would not be pushed around, because they know the law. imagine that. heavans to betsy!!
jmho and my ny $0.02.
lindarn, rn, bsn, ccrn
somewhere in the pacnw -
Nov 1, '10 by Da_Milk_of_AmnesiaTo make a long story short, me and my co worker had something like this happen to us. First he hit my co-worker in the face with a bedpan (empty thank god) but caused her to have a black eye and swelling etc. And she pressed assault charges on him. I then took over the patient for her for obvious reasons and he ended up spitting in my eye when i tried to hook up his IVF to his PICC line. This all going down when in the ICU when I have people who are legit sick, one person waiting to die and another kid fighting for his live and I had to deal with this kid. I was ****** to say the least.
