B.C. nurses face daily violence from child forensic patients

Seems the patients here need to be held in a more "secure" environment. Nurses should also never be alone with patients known to violently lash out. Security should also be only seconds away.

Happens with the elderly too. I've seen a man in his 80's break a nurse's two fingers. Not to mention the odd bop they get in the face.

My GF supervises a long term care home, and it's also not uncommon for Alzheimer's or Dementia patients to become violent when they have a lucid moment and become disoriented because it's not 1934 any more.

Yup! Not all thermometers and BP cuffs.

Teachers and EAs face similar situations when dealing with some Autism Spectrum students. They can become extremely violent

Well like all dirty and dangerous jobs demand more money.

Or just you know, safer working conditions.

How? Adding security is just paying someone else to get hit.

Not caring for the people would be unacceptable to most people.

A system that ensures employee protection would be functionally equal to either full restraints, or a solitary confinement.

Saying, just make the conditions safer is not an useful answer. Explain how.

When working with the mentally ill their is always going to be a risk of physical violence unless you undertake control methods that would be offensive to most people.

Oh sorry you answer my question, 'just make it safer'. Let me go turn the safety dial up to 11.

WEll, you said "like all dirty dangerous jobs" so I was thinking about dirty dangerous jobs in general not just this one. So the "how" would depend on which jobs we're discussing.

In this particular case, security would be a good start. Large strong people who are trained in restraint techniques would go a long way to reducing injuries for both staff and patients.

Procedures calling for at least 2 people to be in the room when dealing with these people would also help. Patients would still lash out, but the potential for serious damage is mitigated by having help nearby.