Violence Against Nurses

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The paper carefully reviews the threat of violence that nurses often face in their difficult line of work and the rights they can lay claim to as they seek to protect themselves from harm. No less importantly, the paper outlines the numerous forms violence can assume in the workplace, specifically with regards to nursing.

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"Violence against Nurses in the Workplace and what Nursing Practitioners Can Do about It Violence against nurses has long been a serious issue within the American healthcare profession. The following paper will look at the pervasiveness of a problem which is unlikely to disappear any time in the near future. In addition, the paper will review some under-appreciated factors which might explain why violence against members of the nursing profession is so unacceptably high. Finally, the paper will conclude by reviewing what rights nurses have in place under the law to offer them protection (and not only from patients) while they provide care for others; at the same time, some recommendations will be put forward to."

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