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Read CEO Tony Jace’s latest entry in the CPI Executive Blog about how some states are passing laws that consider violent assaults against health care workers to be felonies.
View Assaults in Health Care Are Felonies in Some States in its entirety.
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According to a recent article in The Times-News, the Alamance Regional Medical Center in Burlington, NC is experiencing an increase in violence against nurses and staff, evidence of a national trend that health care facilities are experiencing.
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On July 2, 2010, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick signed a law that will increase penalties for those who assault nurses and other health care workers.
The law was passed in response to the increase in workplace violence in health care settings.
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The Joint Commission released some guidance (which went into effect in January 2009) that is meant to prevent disruptive behaviors, such as psychological harassment, in the workplace. This article postulates that perhaps bullying is more widespread than the nursing industry would like to admit; the good news, though, is that many nurses – like the author – feel that it’s unfair, unnecessary, and a hindrance to patient care.
Read more: Well: When the Nurse Is a Bully…
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