One in Three UK Nurses Abused by Patients


	One in Three UK Nurses Abused by Patients

CrazyRedHead

3-2-2008 8:33 PM

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Almost a third of nurses are subjected to physical assaults or verbal abuse at least once a month</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=524328&in_page_id=1770">
The figure for British nurses is the second highest among ten European countries, with only France having a higher rate.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=524328&in_page_id=1770">
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Roz Hanson feared she would die after a patient stabbed her with a broken mirror. 
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The casualty nurse, who gave up a job in a building society to join the NHS, was stabbed in the arm while trying to treat the man for minor injuries.
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Mrs Hanson needed 29 stitches, including 18 in her back, and spent nearly two days as a patient in her own hospital.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=524328&in_page_id=1770">in a job where you are caring for someone who you think has turned to you in their hour of need, it is the last thing you expect."</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/67C9E2DE-6BD6-4D54-A65C-844B55DF105D/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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