Mercy Health introduces alert system to protect nurses and front-line staff

Mercy Health introduces alert system to protect nurses and front-line staff

In the coming weeks, nurses and front-line staff at Mercy Health St. Vincent Medical Center won’t have to face workplace violence alone — new technology is coming to protect those who protect the rest of us.

Protect Our Nurses: Campaign Demands Action on Violence - Daily Nurse

Nurses are under attack—literally. And one Philadelphia-based nurse-led organization is saying enough is enough. Guardian Nurses Healthcare Advocates has launched Protect Our Nurses, a bold, multi-channel advocacy campaign calling for federal legislation and national awareness to address the escalating epidemic of workplace violence against nurses and healthcare workers. The campaign seeks to reframe the issue not as a series of isolated inciden…