Maintain pressure on reforms to protect NHS
Jennie Wright
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Comment on: Over 90% of nurses experience violence or verbal abuse
I understand that patients get frustrated, they can be away from home for a long time and feel they lack control BUT that is no excuse. I have recently nursed a patient who refused to drugs because a black staff nurse was doing the drug round, has thrown a knife at another black member of staff. The patient was also sexually abusive touching female members of staff. Refusing cares from fat members of staff. Swearing at everybody. Yes for those of us who had 'elephant like skin' this person was a patient but to say our trust has a zero tolerance policy this patient remained. This patient also caused myself to end up off sick because they decided that because they could they would pull back on me whilst doing cares. Someone somewhere needs to get the balls to enforce the zero tolerance policy, or decide to pay us better because taking absuse certainly isn't in my job decription!
