National Nurses United

12 N A T I O N A L N U R S E W W W . N A T I O N A L N U R S E S U N I T E D . O R G O C T O B E R | N O V E M B E R | D E C E M B E R 2 0 1 9 NEWS BRIEFS CALIFORNIA U niversity of California (UC) nurs- es at UCSF Hellen Diller Medical Center at Parnassus Heights and UC Davis Medical Center held rallies in December to speak out about serious security concerns and demand that the University of California (UC) continue making improvements to comply with the Cal/OSHA Workplace Violence Prevention in Healthcare Standard (S.B. 1299). Nurses at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center held a press conference in November on the same issue. Earlier this year, nurses at each facility were surveyed to determine if they had effective workplace violence measures in place. Here are a few of the survey results from each facility. UCSF nurses 57 percent of nurses have experienced work- place violence at least once and another 15 percent have witnessed workplace violence 80 percent of the workplace violence experienced occurred in the nurses' unit 81 percent of nurses reported that they either did NOT have a post-incident debrief, or they are unsure if any post-incident debriefs occurred, signaling that if one did occur it was not enough to include all staff members 89 percent of nurses do not feel prepared if an active shooter event were to occur 45 percent of nurses do not feel safe in their designated parking area UC Davis nurses 68 percent of nurses have experienced work- place violence at least once and another 16 percent have witnessed workplace violence 81 percent of nurses reported that they either did NOT have a post-incident debrief, or they are unsure if any post-incident debriefs occurred, signaling that if one did occur it was not enough to include all staff members 82 percent of nurses do not feel prepared if an active shooter event were to occur 61 percent of nurses do not feel safe in their designated parking area UCLA nurses 45 percent of nurses have experienced work- place violence at least once and another 23 percent have witnessed workplace violence 71 percent of nurses reported that they either did NOT have a post-incident debrief, or they are unsure if any post-incident debriefs occurred, signaling that if one did occur it was not enough to include all staff members 84 percent of nurses do not feel prepared if an active shooter event were to occur 40 percent of nurses do not feel safe in their designated parking area Workplace violence prevention is a critical issue for nurses who experience workplace violence at a much higher rate than other industries. That's why CNA sponsored, fought for, and won S.B. 1299, state workplace violence prevention legislation, in 2014. This law mandated that Cal/OSHA develop a standard UC nurses hold rallies on workplace violence prevention

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