Grim realities faced by mental health nurses - have been laid bare in a Nurses Organisation survey
Grim realities faced by mental health nurses - have been laid bare in a Nurses Organisation survey
6 June 2024
Many report feeling unsafe - 76 percent say they've been physically threatened and 40 percent say they've been assaulted in the past 12 months.
Nurses Organisation delegate Grant Brookes says the violence is a direct result of understaffing in inpatient units.
He says adequate staffing allows nurses to identify incidents before they unfold - and intervene early with de-escalation, and sitting and talking to people.
He says when they don't have the staff, there's no way they can do that.
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