Statistics You Should Know: Workplace Violence in Healthcare
Although 75% of all workplace assaults occur in healthcare settings, only 30% of nurses and 26% of physicians have reported workplace violence incidents.
Although 75% of all workplace assaults occur in healthcare settings, only 30% of nurses and 26% of physicians have reported workplace violence incidents.
Witnesses said the patient was becoming combative as hospital workers attempted to restrain him at Roper St. Francis Hospital.
The latest IAHSS stats highlight both positive and negative trends in hospital crime and include data on ransomware attacks for the first time.
A patient was being treated for a drug overdose at the Hawaii hospital when he grabbed a nurse and held a knife to her throat.
Authorities were aware the patient was unstable and had a gun when a woman reported him to the police 17 hours before he shot a hospital employee.
When staff found the patient in his room, a gun was on his lap and a bag delivered by a visitor was on the floor next to him.
The ER doctor says he saw a man in a wheelchair with a gun at the West Palm Beach VA Medical Center and knew he had to act.
The BC Forensic Psychiatric Hospital has had a long history of violent patient attacks against nurses and other staff members.
Three other nurses filed additional lawsuits against Kane County and received settlement money, bringing the total amount to $7.9 million.
The patient who shot himself had been admitted to the hospital that day for a psychiatric evaluation for depression issues.
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