Penalty Enhancement Laws and the Reporting of Patient Assaults on Emergency Department Nurses
Assaults on emergency department nurses by patients are higher than any other occupation in the private sector. Professional nursing organizations have lobbied for penalty enhancement laws that increase the categorization of assaulting a nurse on duty from a misdemeanor to a felony. As of 2015, 32 s...
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ScholarWorks
2016
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| Online Access: | https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3204 https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4307&context=dissertations |