Congress must act on workplace violence against nurses
In HBO's The Pitt, nurses are punched, grabbed, and choked while trying to care for patients. The scenes are fictional and dramatic, but they are not exaggerated. The physical danger nurses step into every single shift is painfully real. Across…
In HBO’s The Pitt, nurses are punched, grabbed, and choked while trying to care for patients. The scenes are fictional and dramatic, but they are not exaggerated. The physical danger nurses step into every single shift is painfully real. Across the country, nurses experience workplace violence with alarming regularity, facing physical assault, verbal abuse, threats, and intimidation from patients, family members, and visitors. Too often, this hostility is casually dismissed …
Congress must act on workplace violence against nurses
