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Code Black and Blue: Nurses Launch Campaign Against Violence in the Workplace

No one should be hurt at work, least of all those who care for others. It’s time to protect nurses and make safe staffing a priority.

Kicked, pushed, beaten, bitten, choked, stabbed … not the words you associate with health-care workers unless you’re thinking about the injuries suffered by patients who seek their care.

Workplace violence for our front-line first responders is on the increase. Nurses and health-care professionals have been treated differently from other first responders when they have been assaulted at work.

Nurses and health-care professionals are no longer prepared to tolerate being assaulted at work and then blamed for it by their employers.

A recent news story about repeated attacks on nurses in Peterborough illustrates this issue.

Author's summary: Nurses launch campaign against workplace violence.

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