“My colleagues don’t feel safe, this all comes down to security, this comes down to overcrowding.'
Nurses are facing stab threats, are being spat at, kicked and verbally abused at work, a traumatised paediatric nurse has told a Dáil committee.
“There are numerous incidents where we are verbally attacked, I have been spat at, I have been verbally abused. INMO chief, Phil Ni Sheaghdha, told the committee: “Violence and aggression against nurses and midwives is not a new phenomenon and is one the INMO has been campaigning on for many years on behalf of our members.
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