In the wake of two patient attacks on nurses at a B.C. psychiatric hospital within 10 days, the B.C. Nurses Union is calling for safety officers to be assigned to each unit.
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Sorensen said that the union has been calling for increased in-unit security for a long time, noting that attacks like these are 香蕉视频直播渘ot unusual for this facility.香蕉视频直播�
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Instead, nurses and other health care staff are trained in how to de-escalate violent situations.
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When it all does go south, Coniglio said, hospital operate on a Code White system.
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Although neither the union nor the PHSA provided statistics, Coninglio said that assaults on nurses have decreased over the years.
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