Letter to the Editor: Workplace violence: Nurses need more safeguards

Published by TACOMA NEWS TRIBUNE on 3/7/19 (Source)

As a registered nurse and a member of the Washington State Nurses Association, I appreciated this editorial recognizing that the Legislature should act on House Bill 1931, which addresses workplace violence in health care.

The experience of nurse assaults goes beyond psychiatric hospitals. Last fall, a WSNA nurse at Kadlec Medical Center in the Tri-Cities was nearly killed when a patient choked her.


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Published by Tacoma News Tribune on March 7, 2019.

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