Jason Brooks, President and CEO of DT4EMS, heads a company that trains nurses and first responders to deal with attacks. One course is entitled “Escape from Violent Encounters for Healthcare Professionals”. When he starts talking about his work at the airport, people are shocked. They ask him, “Why would anyone want to hurt a nurse?”
Nurses themselves have often gotten into conflict, says Livaccari. “We’re here to help. We’re here as carers. We want to take care of people. It’s really easy for us to apologize for the behavior.” They didn’t mean to hurt me. They didn’t mean to hit me in the face. ‘”
In fact, many are taught to accept violence as part of the job. When nurses tell hospital administrators or colleagues about a violent incident, they may reply, “Well, it just happens,” says Kraus, a registered nurse.
“Well, it shouldn’t happen,” he says, “and we shouldn’t let that be the norm.”
Many nurses believe that gender matters why their concerns about violence are not taken seriously and have received so little public attention. “It’s always been a female-dominated profession, and honestly, it’s always been mistreated,” says Brogan. According to him, 87% of US nurses are women.
One commenter wrote after Sister Liz’s episode: “It’s okay to hit a nurse but not a cop.”
While male nurses are also attacked, women are more exposed to sexual abuse, e.g. B. grasping the thighs or touching the buttocks or groping, says Livaccari.
Kamara also saw her fumble around in the emergency room. “It’s not okay for a man to feel you while you’re walking outside. Then it is not okay for them to do this in a hospital, especially when a patient knows exactly what is going on. “
“I’m always one of those who tell nurses, ‘Look, we have to stand up for ourselves,” says Kamara. “Some people come to the hospital and they are worse off than they are outside because they realize they are being arrested and outside be held accountable, but when they get to the hospital, they don’t. “
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