Aroostook hospitals trying to reduce violence against medical workers

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Aroostook hospitals trying to reduce violence against medical workers

Amber Pratt, a registered nurse at Northern Light AR Gould Hospital in Presque Isle, was speaking with her supervisor one afternoon when a patient stormed into the office and shut the door. The patient had a history of violence both inside and outside the facility, and had already destroyed hospital property during their stay, Pratt said. At that moment, the patient blocked the only exit for Pratt and her supervisor, Jill Codrey, director of out…