Hospitals can help nurses prevent violence

Massachusetts hospital nurses have developed violence-prevention protocols


Massachusetts hospital nurses have developed violence-prevention protocols that can help reduce violence, according to an article on the Fierce Network website.

The nurses collaborated with the Massachusetts Nurses Association (MNA) in the 1990s to develop a prevention plan.

MNA eventually introduced stronger contract wording that protected against workplace violence specifically.

Provisions included ID badges that only identify nurses by their title and first names.

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August 26, 2016


Topic Area: Security


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