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'Working in a pressure cooker': Violence against B.C. nurses linked to heavy workload

February 20, 2020 admin British Columbia, HEALTH, local health, local news, UBC, university of british columbia, workplace violence

Credit to Author: Glenda Luymes| Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2020 00:42:28 +0000

UBC study finds nurses report being verbally assaulted, which includes yelling, swearing and racial slurs, as well as abuse ranging from throwing food or bed pans to sexual and physical assault

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'Something needs to change': B.C. jail violence alarms outnumbered guards

November 14, 2019 admin British Columbia, correctional service of canada, Crime, crime and law, fraser regional correctional centre, local news, vancouver, workplace violence

Credit to Author: Glenda Luymes| Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2019 01:33:38 +0000

Correctional officers’ union says 124 provincial prison guards were assaulted on the job in B.C. in 2018, including 11 at the women’s prison in Maple Ridge