National Nurses United

2016 Health and Safety Brochure

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19 Workplace Violence Protections These California draft regulations set a model for the rest of the country by emphasizing prevention. Some legislators emphasize criminalizing perpetrators, who are often mentally unstable patients, but we don't believe locking up more mentally ill people is the answer. It is the responsibility of hospitals to stop violence from hap- pening in the first place." Malinda Markowitz, RN CNA Council of Presidents Good Samaritan Hospital — CA "

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