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Violence and nurses article

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Great article!! The statement below leaped right out at me!

"In the state of Massachusetts, it's a felony to attack an E.R. doctor," workplace violence expert Marilyn Lanza points out, "but only a misdemeanor to assault a nurse."

Survey of nurses in seven SNAs reveals staff nurses most at risk

http://www.ana.org/rnnoharm/tan0203.htm

Concern for the safety of our patients and health care employees has reached the statehouses as legislators begin to seek remedies to this problem.

http://www.ana.org/gova/state/2000/workpl.htm

INA nurses demand measures to combat workplace violence -

Illinois nurse's condition stable after on-the-job assault

http://www.ana.org/tan/00janfeb/inanurs.htm

This issue has been in the news for the last few years:

ANA President Calls for Labor/Management Cooperation to End Workplace Violence in Health Care Settings

http://www.ana.org/pressrel/1997/violconf.htm

Art Imitates Life: TV Show, "ER," Highlights Threat of Workplace Violence

http://www.ana.org/pressrel/2000/pr0209.htm

Workplace violence: Getting hospitals focused on prevention

The victims: Staff nurses who provide the care

http://www.ana.org/rnnoharm/tan0205.htm

Workplace Violence: Can You Close the Door On It?

http://www.ana.org/dlwa/osh/wp6.htm

American Nurses Association Demands Stricter Violence Protections for Health Care Workers

Murder of Florida psychiatric nurse prompts profession's call to

action

http://www.ana.org/pressrel/2001/pr0418.htm

Illinois RNs win workplace safety measures

http://www.ana.org/tan/01janfeb/illinois.htm

Workplace Safety - Nurses testify during Department of Labor hearing -

http://www.ana.org/pressrel/2001/pr0720a.htm

Let the DOL hear it from you too. Take the Workplace Safety Survey at:

http://www.nursingworld.org/mainsurvey/index.cfm?sid=2200

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