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Workplace Violence Prevention in Health Care Settings

Posted by Ellen Baragon on Tue, Aug 07, 2012

A recent news headline told the story of two nurses who were involved in a scuffle with the father of a newborn inside a New York hospital--apparently, the father was a high profile member of the Kennedy family. The conflict was triggered when he began to carry his infant son out of the hospital without the usual authorized procedures--at which point one of the nurses attempted to block him from leaving.

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Tags: Health & Safety, OSHA, Workplace violence