Nurses are facing stab threats, being spat at, kicked and verbally abused at work, a traumatised health worker has told a Dail committee.
Sylvia Chambers was speaking on behalf of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation who were in Leinster House to speak about the abuse being suffered by their members in the national health service. The INMO said at least 10 nurses a day are being assaulted in our hospitals.
Ms Chambers told the Dail committee: “It is a daily occurance and I do not feel safe going to work.” Ms Chambers, a working paediatric nurse, said: “I can say I have never experienced aggression like we have in the past few years, particularly on a daily basis.
