The president of the B.C. Nurses' Union emphasizes the need for enforcement of rules on illicit drug use in hospitals, as a new task force aims to standardize these rules. Despite existing policies, the current lack of enforcement puts nurses at risk.
Standardized rules on illicit drug use by patients in B.C. hospitals expected from a new task force won’t matter if there’s no enforcement, says the president of the B.C. Nurses’ Union, as politicians call for an end to a pilot project decriminalizing drug use.
Dix said he expects there will be designated places for illicit drug use within or around a facility, or under the direction of the care team. Jones, 35, told the Times Colonist this week she had to stop breastfeeding her 13-month old twin girls in December after she walked through a wall of illicit-drug smoke from a patient in a hospital hallway — a known drug user — using a pipe.
An executive director in labour and agreements responded late last month expressing regret about the “stressful incident” and saying 14 violence-prevention leads and 320 security officers have been hired for 26 high-risk sites across B.C.
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