Violence against nurses finally gets some press

Darkfrog submitted, created time 4 months 3 weeks (www.nytimes.com)

NUrses treat all kinds of people, including the ones who think nothing of--or are too out of it to think at all--kicking or otherwise attacking their nurse. Nurses have never been strangers to violence. What's new is that the nurses and their unions have been reporting these incidents and are starting to insist on better security at hospitals.

“Nurses find different kinds of responses from their administrations and different levels of support,” said Dr. S. Gerbich of the University of Minnesota

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