US EditionNurses union calls for more staffing after assaults at Essentia hospitals
Four nurse assaults at Essentia hospitals in two weeks highlight calls for better staffing to prevent workplace violence, union says safe staffing reduces risks.
- On Oct. 24, the Minnesota Nurses Association urged staffing increases after four assaults at Essentia hospitals in two weeks, including two at Essentia Health-St. Joseph's Medical Center in Brainerd.
- Union officials said the assaults stem from a system refusing to prioritize safe staffing and nurses repeatedly brought evidence-based proposals to the bargaining table and labor-management meetings.
- On Oct. 24, police reported a patient in a mental health crisis slammed a nurse into a countertop, causing a severe laceration that required staples, while less than two weeks earlier two nurses were injured at Essentia Health St. Mary's Medical Center in Duluth.
- Essentia responded Wednesday saying it established 24/7 security, installed panic buttons, distress badges and security cameras, and is supporting impacted staff.
- Union leaders note four assaults in under two weeks reflect a dangerous pattern nurses have warned about, and studies and Minnesota Nurses Association officials say delays in care and weak staffing ratios increase patient agitation, urging nurse inclusion on hospital safety committees.
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