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1. How prevalent is violence in the workplace for nurses?

   ArcticNurse replied to ArcticNurse's topic in General Nursing

   wow, Ruby Vee you've opened my eyes!! I mean I know it's possible for this kind of violence to happen but I didn't know it could happen this many times around or with the same person. What came of those patients who abused you? Was there any rep...

2. How prevalent is violence in the workplace for nurses?

   ArcticNurse replied to ArcticNurse's topic in General Nursing

   That's interesting your take on violence. I have to agree with you that nurses are not a verbal punching bag for our patients. But what about nurses being verbally abused by doctors or co-workers? I have to admit I believe verbal abuse must be th...

3. How prevalent is violence in the workplace for nurses?

   ArcticNurse posted a topic in General Nursing

   When you think of violence do you immediately think of physical abuse? And do you think about abuse being between nurse and patient? Abuse is so common in the workplace for nurses but I'm wondering how common is it? What kind of abuse is the most c...

4. How prevalent is violence in the workplace?

   ArcticNurse posted a topic in International

   How prevalent is violence in the workplace for nurses? After reading several articles indicating that nurse deal with a lot of day to day violence I began to wonder how other's deal with this issue. When I began to read the article I first thought ...

5. mature students vs. young student nurses

   ArcticNurse posted a topic in International

   Curious to know how people feel about who makes a better nurse in general. Mature students who have life experience to bring to their patients or fresh out of high school students who are young and energetic? There are always exceptions to the rule...