SFGTV April 28, 2014
To stress that this event should not be viewed as an outlier with the Patient Population that we see in the er, situations frequently escalate and violence often results. Much of this violence which is often physical is often aimed and and falls on nurses. We often see violence in the er at ourselves and other patients so this event was not an outlier. There have been violent assaults on other patients by patients and on ourselves. This fe phenomenon has only worsened in my five year tenure in the emergency room as staffing has declined. Is not solely a security issue, but relates to staffing ...