Picketing Kadlec nurses report 100+ violent attacks, weapon incidents in hospital

Over the past four months nurses at the Tri-Cities’ largest hospital have reported 109 incidents of workplace violence to the Washington State Nurses Association.

“I’ve been punched in the face, spit on, shoved into walls, kicked and most recently a chair was swung at me,” said one emergency nurse at Kadlec Regional Medical Center in a recent survey, according to the WSNA.