I would think it’s usually by family members of the patients, but to be a patient in the hospital, your body is no longer obeying regular functions, so the unexpected becomes the norm.
Comment on Nurses Get Bitten, Spat on, Thrown. That’s Why We’re on Strike.
Nioxic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
Nurses get thrown???
Wtf
lath@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Timecircleline@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Its usually patients, they often don’t have full capacity (either altered for organic underlying reasons, or substance use, etc…) and usually for that reason it goes unreported.
Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
If they aren’t responsible for their actions they should be considered legally incompetent by the state and their guardian should have to pay damages.
lath@lemmy.world 2 days ago
That’s silly. If professionals can’t subdue a person completely out of control, you can’t expect a layman to do the same.
Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
There are a lot of legal restrictions on how the hospital is allowed respond to violent patients
roguetrick@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Well I’m a 340 pound 6’6" nurse so I don’t.
sdfric88@lemmy.sdf.org 2 days ago
If a patient throws out their back trying to throw you though, that just ends up being more work for you.
SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 2 days ago
The mighty battle nurse!