Last week, a patient pulled out a gun on a hospital unit and shot a nurse at least three times. It happened March 2 at Danbury Hospital, Danbury, CT. The nurse shot was Andrew Hull, BSN, RN, (click on page 4 to read a short bio). He was wounded, after allegedly protecting one of his co-workers from the gunfire. It seems whenever you read news ...

At some point in our lives we'll all want a personal patient safety advocate to stand up for us when we're not receiving the care we need. As nurses, this job often falls in your lap. In fact, you're mandated by your boards of nursing to report substandard care. Simply put, it's your job to protect the patient; even when he needs protection from ...