Nurse Safety

Read: 2 Nurses, Doctor Stabbed Inside Los Angeles Hospital

2 Nurses, Doctor Stabbed Inside Los Angeles Hospital

Three Encino Hospital Medical Center clinicians were stabbed by a patient asking for medical treatment for anxiety.

Read: Metrasens Ultra™ Detection System Now Offered to Healthcare Facilities

Metrasens Ultra™ Detection System Now Offered to Healthcare Facilities

Xact ID™ detection technology is said to boost detection capabilities as an enabler for safer healthcare environments.

Read: Hospital Violent Crime Increased 47% Last Year

Hospital Violent Crime Increased 47% Last Year

IAHSS’s latest crime survey found that the rate of murders, rapes, robberies, and aggravated assaults at U.S. hospitals dramatically increased in 2021.

Read: How Security at Reid Health Helped Clinicians During COVID

How Security at Reid Health Helped Clinicians During COVID

Director of the Year Healthcare finalist Randy Kolentus discusses how his security team was able to provide non-medical assistance to Reid Health’s overwhelmed clinicians.

Read: Nurse Survey Finds Increases in Workplace Violence, Moral Distress, and Unsafe Staffing

Nurse Survey Finds Increases in Workplace Violence, Moral Distress, and Unsafe Staffing

From March 2021 to March of this year, there was a 119% rise in small or significant increases in workplace violence.

Read: Study: Pandemic Healthcare Workers, Combat Veterans Share Similar Trauma

Study: Pandemic Healthcare Workers, Combat Veterans Share Similar Trauma

Moral injury, a type of post-traumatic stress, is experienced by frontline healthcare workers at about the same rate as veterans who served in combat after 9/11.

Read: Study: Public Health Workers Faced Widespread Harassment During Pandemic

Study: Public Health Workers Faced Widespread Harassment During Pandemic

More than half of the public health departments that responded to the survey said their employees experienced harassment.

Read: How RTLS Mobile Duress Technology Protects Healthcare Workers

How RTLS Mobile Duress Technology Protects Healthcare Workers

Real-time location systems (RTLS) provide cost-effective staff duress solutions that prevent violent threats from escalating to dangerous events.

Read: Hospital Employee Set on Fire by Travel Nurse

Hospital Employee Set on Fire by Travel Nurse

The travel nurse allegedly burned the Hackensack University Medical Center staff member’s body and face and hit her in the head with a wrench.

Read: Hospital Workplace Violence Incidents Reported in MN, FL, WV and PA

Hospital Workplace Violence Incidents Reported in MN, FL, WV and PA

The workplace violence incidents involve suspects biting and punching security officers and nurses.

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