Minnesota's hospitals and nurses have come down on different sides of a bill aimed at protecting health care workers from attacks. Sen. Chuck Wiger drafted his Violence Against Health Workers bill in response to a November attack at St. John's hospital in Maplewood, part of Wiger's district. In that case a 68-year-old patient with no prior history of violence suddenly assaulted four of his caregivers with a steel rod he pulled off of a piece of equipment. A chilling surveillance video clip showed the man chasing nurses and others around the ward, striking them with the rod.
In a social media landscape shaped by hashtags, algorithms, and viral posts, nurse leaders must decide: Will they let the narrative spiral, or can they adapt and join the conversation?
...
