New No Violence Against Nurses Law

1 I know that we often discuss patients hitting nurses and would we press charges. I just recieved an email from AFT and one of the articles states that a psych patient will do 5 yrs in prison for injuring a nurse. She was responding to a Code and he knocked her out. She sufferred some major injuries and hasn't been able to work as a nurse. This law passed November of last year in New York. Anyone have a link or has anyone heard of this?
http://www.timesunion.com/local/arti...aw-2251960.phphttp://berkshires.ynn.com/content/to...aulting-nurse/nurses need to consider bringing staff and work safety concerns to the bargaining table. it isn't just dollars and cents if you're injured and can't ever work again. nurses need to hold their institution ultimately responsible for allowing violence in their workplace. further, many institutions would rather that assaulted or beaten nurses (whether perpetrated by other staff, patients, or visitors) to stay silent because of potential bad publicity. imho, i believe just like other patient outcomes that facilities or institutions are required to publish; violence in the hospital should be a mandated reportable statistic at the state level. if i'm a patient, i want to know that my assigned nursing staff can concentrate on my care and not be so distracted by their own issues of safety that they make errors. support your nursing unions!

This is the thread that I saw concerning violence against nurses law: http://allnurses.com/general-nursing...es-514904.html

Most of the violence that nurses endure comes from other nurses, there should be laws against lateral violence.....

The laws about violence against nurses committed by patients vary state to state.

It's 2011, and look how nurses are treated. I've only been a nurse for a year, but I know how it goes. Oh...well, they're in pain or they're sick, it's okay if the withdrawal patient kicks you in the head because he's going through a tough time. That's why I will try not to put myself in that situation. It's a shame b/c sometimes it is truly unpredictable, and some patients truly cannot help themselves. Just get extra help and call security. If a 400 lb patient becomes so agitated that he rolls off the bed somehow before I can get help, then so be it...I'll try to toss a pillow on the floor or something, but I am not compromising my health and safety to try and catch them myself since they would crush me anyway . Both of us end up on the floor then lol.

I've attempted to look it up for my state but I'm not finding anything. Anyone have something for Texas or are we SOL over here? :P

Quote from mashirai've attempted to look it up for my state but i'm not finding anything. anyone have something for texas or are we sol over here?