Becker's Healthcare March 24, 2023
Just as healthcare workers are frustrated and burned out, so are patients who often have to wait for long periods of time for care in overcrowded waiting rooms or in patient rooms when clinicians are busy tending to other people or necessary administrative work.
Regardless, there’s never an excuse for violence anywhere — but especially not in a hospital where the focus is on providing the most skilled, timely care.
Unfortunately, violence against healthcare workers by patients and their families is on the rise,and hospitals are taking precautions by educating their workforces about how to handle unruly situations if and when they occur.
Further, many hospitals aren’t taking any chances, including the Geisinger Health System, based in Danville, Pa....
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