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All Featured Articles (10)
Articles - Advance for Nurses (4)
Articles - Beyond Borders (3)
Articles - ENA (3)
Articles - Nurse Together (11)
Articles - OSHA (3)
Articles - other (19)
Articles - Patriot Ledger (11)
Press Releases (2)
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  • Combating Health Care Workplace Violence
    • Sheila Wilson, RN, BSN, MPH; published on bestnursingdegree.com
  • Violence Is Just Part of the Job When You're a Nurse
    • by Jason Silverstein, Ph.D., as published on VICE 2/27/18
  • Why Massachusetts Must Pass Stricter Legislation
    • Why Massachusetts Must Pass Legislation Making Assault on Healthcare Workers a Felony
  • Emergency Nurses Association Praises Utah for Increased Workplace Protection
    • ENA, 3/31/16
  • OSHA: Worker Rights and Protections
  • ENA Hails Colorado’s New Workplace Violence Law
    • Emergency Nurses Association, 6/8/15
  • Why Felony Law is Critical to Healthcare Workers
    • Sheila Wilson, RN, BSN, MPH; originally published on nursetogether.com, 2/7/16
  • How to Write Effective Letters to Congress
    • From U.S. Congress: Actions and Information on About.com
  • OSHA: Safety and Health Topics: Workplace Violence
    • U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA - Workplace Violence
  • Ten Actions a Nurse Should Take if Assaulted at Work
    • Massachusetts Nurses Association Workplace Violence and Abuse Prevention Task Force
  • Articles - Advance for Nurses
  • Violence Against Nurses After a violent patient assaults her, where is a triage nurse left to turn
    • Sheila Wilson, RN, BSN, MPH; Advance for Nurses, 7/1/09
  • An End to Violence: If healthcare workers don't fight to get legislation passed to protect nurses, assaults will continue
    • Sheila Wilson, RN, BSN, MPH; Advance for Nurses, 4/14/10
  • I am Fine, but Violence in the ED is Not
    • Sheila Wilson, RN, BSN, MPH; Advance for Nurses, 8/6/13
  • MA nurse urges legislators to pass laws to create a safer work environment for nurses
    • Sheila Wilson, RN, BSN, MPH; Advance for Nurses, 4/11/09
  • Articles - Beyond Borders
  • Vicious Alcohol-Fueled Assault; Healthcare Violence Knows No Geographical Boundaries
    • by Sheila Wilson, RN, BSN, MPH; originally published on nursetogether.com, 6/7/16
  • Nurse Is Stabbed With A Syringe: Is She The Villain?
    • by Sheila Wilson, RN, BSN, MPH; originally published on nursetogether.com, 6/6/16
  • Lost Another One: Nurse Was Stabbed to Death
    • London nurse Patrick Clarke’s death is yet another reminder of healthcare violence; by Sheila Wilson, RN, BSN, MPH; originally published on nursetogether.com 6/2/16
  • Articles - ENA
  • Emergency Nurses Association Praises Utah for Increased Workplace Protection
    • ENA, 3/31/16
  • ENA Hails Colorado’s New Workplace Violence Law
    • Emergency Nurses Association, 6/8/15
  • Yes, ED Violence is Real — Now What?
    • ENA Connections newsletter, March 2016
  • Articles - Nurse Together
  • Why Felony Law is Critical to Healthcare Workers
    • Sheila Wilson, RN, BSN, MPH; originally published on nursetogether.com, 2/7/16
  • This Should Not Be Normal: Violence and PTSD in Nursing
    • by Sheila Wilson, RN, BSN, MPH; originally published on nursetogether.com, 8/3/16
  • Nurse Recovering From a Broken Nose; Do We Need to Do Better?
    • by Sheila Wilson, RN, BSN, MPH; originally published on nursetogether.com, 7/14/16
  • A Patient's Daughter Throws Scalding Tea in Nurse's Face
    • by Sheila Wilson, RN, BSN, MPH; originally published on nursetogether.com, 7/8/16
  • Vicious Alcohol-Fueled Assault; Healthcare Violence Knows No Geographical Boundaries
    • by Sheila Wilson, RN, BSN, MPH; originally published on nursetogether.com, 6/7/16
  • Nurse Is Stabbed With A Syringe: Is She The Villain?
    • by Sheila Wilson, RN, BSN, MPH; originally published on nursetogether.com, 6/6/16
  • Lost Another One: Nurse Was Stabbed to Death
    • London nurse Patrick Clarke’s death is yet another reminder of healthcare violence; by Sheila Wilson, RN, BSN, MPH; originally published on nursetogether.com 6/2/16
  • Psych Facility Nurse Assaulted by Patient: How and Why Does this Happen?
    • Sheila Wilson, RN, BSN, MPH; originally published on nursetogether.com, 3/24/16
  • ER Nurse Assaulted: Why Didn't Anyone File a Report?
    • by Sheila Wilson, RN, BSN, MPH; originally published on nursetogether.com, 2/25/16
  • Patient Strangles ER Nurse, Ends Her Career
    • Sheila Wilson R.N.BSN MPH; originally published on nursetogether.com, 5/15/15
  • One Nurse's Story: Violence In The E.D. Ended My Career
    • Sheila Wilson, RN, BSN, MPH; originally published on nursetogether.com, 9/17/14
  • Articles - OSHA
  • OSHA: Worker Rights and Protections
  • OSHA: Safety and Health Topics: Workplace Violence
    • U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA - Workplace Violence
  • OSHA Issues New Guidelines on Workplace Violence Prevention for Healthcare
    • published by OSHA Law Blog, 4/9/15
  • Articles - other
  • Combating Health Care Workplace Violence
    • Sheila Wilson, RN, BSN, MPH; published on bestnursingdegree.com
  • Violence Is Just Part of the Job When You're a Nurse
    • by Jason Silverstein, Ph.D., as published on VICE 2/27/18
  • Calls for Stronger Healthcare Workplace Violence Prevention Measures Continue
    • by Dan Ryan, IDenticard, 7/21/17
  • This great-grandmother wants to end ‘the dirty little secret of nursing’
    • by Bella English, The Boston Globe, 7/7/17
  • The Shocking Reality of Violence in Healthcare, And What We Can Do About It
    • by Sheila Wilson, RN, BSN, MPH
  • Why Massachusetts Must Pass Stricter Legislation
    • Why Massachusetts Must Pass Legislation Making Assault on Healthcare Workers a Felony
  • How to Write Effective Letters to Congress
    • From U.S. Congress: Actions and Information on About.com
  • Ten Actions a Nurse Should Take if Assaulted at Work
    • Massachusetts Nurses Association Workplace Violence and Abuse Prevention Task Force
  • FBI: Violence in the Workplace – Preventing It; Managing It
  • Violence in the Workplace: What’s Being Done to Protect our Nation’s Healthcare Workforce
    • msnedu.org, 4/12/16
  • Nurses mull strike at Brigham over security
    • Boston Herald, 3/26/16
  • How Can We Make The Violence Against Healthcare Workers Stop?
    • Sheila Wilson, RN, BSN, MPH; BestNursingDegree.com, 3/2016
  • Danger zone: Workplace violence touches many in nursing
    • nurse.com, 11/12/12
  • Where Hell is Other Patients
    • The New York Times Opinion Pages, 11/10/14
  • Nothing Changes, Nobody Cares: Understanding the Experience of Emergency Nurses Physically or Verbally Assaulted While Providing Care
    • Journal of Emergency Nursing, 1/17/14
  • Epidemic of Violence against Health Care Workers Plagues Hospitals
    • Scientific American, 12/31/14
  • Massachusetts nurses push for workplace violence bill
    • Modern Healthcare, 7/21/15
  • Have You Experienced Healthcare Violence?
    • Sheila Wilson, RN, BSN, MPH; Scrubs Magazine for Nurses, 1/18/10
  • Violence in ER a growing problem; Nurses statewide fearful of attacks
    • The Boston Globe, 11/11/08
  • Articles - Patriot Ledger
  • Pembroke Hospital seeks to fill leadership vacancy
    • The Patriot Ledger, 6/9/16
  • Family wants answers on daughter's death at Pembroke Hospital
    • The Patriot Ledger, 4/9/16
  • State orders 4 Arbour mental health facilities to correct 'urgent' safety violations
    • The Patriot Ledger, 4/9/16
  • State makes another surprise inspection of Pembroke Hospital
    • The Patriot Ledger, 3/28/16
  • State errs in letter to Pembroke Hospital but promises more surprise inspections
    • The Patriot Ledger, 3/21/16
  • A third government regulator uncovers safety problems at Pembroke Hospital
    • The Patriot Ledger, 3/4/16
  • Justice department targets Pembroke Hospital as part of fraud investigation
    • The Patriot Ledger, 3/7/16
  • Police describe savage attack on nurse at Pembroke Hospital
    • The Patriot Ledger, 3/7/16
  • Hospital brushes off calls from federal agency to address problem of workers attacked by violent patients
    • The Patriot Ledger, 3/2/16
  • Federal inspectors call for improved worker safety at Pembroke Hospital
    • The Patriot Ledger, 2/26/16
  • Bill on assaults against nurses stalled
    • The Patriot Ledger, 9/29/08
  • Press Releases
  • The Formation of Stop Healthcare Violence
    • From Workplace Violence Victims to Activists; Three career nurses form grass-roots organization to stop assaults on healthcare workers. 4/21/2010 - issued by Tree Frog Marketing
  • More Violence, Just Another Day at Work
    • Urgent need for Massachusetts Legislators to Pass Healthcare Reform Bill. 6/21/17 - Issued by Tree Frog Marketing
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