I would think it’s usually by family members of the patients, but to be a patient in the hospital, your body is no longer obeying regular functions, so the unexpected becomes the norm.
Its usually patients, they often don’t have full capacity (either altered for organic underlying reasons, or substance use, etc…) and usually for that reason it goes unreported.
Nurses get thrown???
Wtf
I would think it’s usually by family members of the patients, but to be a patient in the hospital, your body is no longer obeying regular functions, so the unexpected becomes the norm.
If they aren’t responsible for their actions they should be considered legally incompetent by the state and their guardian should have to pay damages.
That’s silly. If professionals can’t subdue a person completely out of control, you can’t expect a layman to do it instead.
Its usually patients, they often don’t have full capacity (either altered for organic underlying reasons, or substance use, etc…) and usually for that reason it goes unreported.
Well I’m a 340 pound 6’6" nurse so I don’t.
The mighty battle nurse!
If a patient throws out their back trying to throw you though, that just ends up being more work for you.