'I've seen nurses get spat on, punched, kicked, they've had equipment in the room used as weapons against them,' Claudette Jut, who works as a nurse told Global News on Tuesday.
A crowd of B.C. Nurses rallied in Burnaby Tuesday, calling for safer workplaces as their union prepares to negotiate a new contract. Travis Prasad reports.The BC Nurses Union said its members are often targeted on the job and it is affecting patient care.
About 100 nurses gathered at the rally, calling for changes to working conditions but also a more effective way of reporting violent encounters.
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