Improving Staff Safety in Hospitals – Protecting Healthcare’s Most Important Assets

Elise Wilson, a nurse in Massachusetts, was punched in the head and stabbed 11 times while doing a routine assessment on a deranged patient in 2017.

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As she recovered in the hospital following eight hours of surgery, the state’s lawmakers drafted Elise’s Law, legislation designed to protect nurses throughout the state from workplace violence.

Editor’s note: this article was originally posted on Vocera’s website

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