abusive workplace
When I was a nursing student making rounds with a surgeon, he decided to remove a patient’s stitches. I hurried to the treatment…
Before blowing the whistle, learn to protect yourself
Don’t let fear of reprisal stop you from reporting serious misconduct.
Ethics for nurses in everyday practice: How stupid can you get?
Staffing is an issue at this 150-bed proprietary acute-care hospital. More than 100 of the hospital’s nurses, led by Mary…
No more nurse abuse
There’s no excuse for not reporting abuse.
Reducing healthcare violence using community policing-based security strategies
A ‘safe neighborhood’ program protects staff. Takeaways: Community policing-based security strategies in healthcare organizations focus on trust, training, and technology…
Violence in the healthcare workplace
From verbal threats to all-out physical assault, violence takes a huge toll in the healthcare workplace.
When nurses speak up, they pay a price
Leah Curtin discusses the effects of whistleblowing on nurses’ lives
Whistleblowing Texas Style
Eeyore’s Gloomy Little Instruction Book contains this sage advice: “No matter how good your friends are, and no matter how right you are, they may not stand behind you in a work-related confrontation, and you have to forgive them for that…”