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Hospital administrations and the judicial system do little to prevent assaults against nurses and other caregivers by patients In a harrowing video that surfaced in 2014, a 68-year-old hospital patient attacks a group of nurses with a pipe pulled from his bed. They flee through a

USPS mail carriers new Panic button system – GuardianMPS opinion and thoughts on the scheme Synopsis: The USPS has recently rolled out new panic button capabilities for its 230,000 postal workers who work in the field making deliveries. The need for such capabilities was elevated

A falling Lois Lane once said to Superman, “You’ve got me, but who’s got you?” In a similar vein, Home healthcare workers make such a difference through caring for and looking out for their patients, but who cares about THEIR personal safety? How can they be protected

When we think of healthcare worker safety and worker protection we will often zero-in on violent or unstable patients or relatives, but what about over protective, badly trained or simply dangerous dogs! In a press release yesterday from WFSB in CT, it was announced that Plainfield

As Workplace Violence attacks in Healthcare are on the rise, a campaign with a tough image has just been started to show perpetrators that nurses know tolerating attacks is not in their Job description. The question is, will making attacks on healthcare professionals a felony,

Article date:Feb 6th 2017: Article By/Published by:Home Healthcare News On the 6th Of February 2017 Home Healthcare News reported on: How One University is Taking on the Biggest Home Care Staffing Issue Amy Baxter from Home Healthcare News reports on how demand for home health