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sailor2000 wrote:There was a case not too long ago of a Home Health Nurse going into a patients home in Houston and the patient fatally shooting her. Nurses and other staff have been shot, stabbed and otherwise assaulted by patients or patients family members. We coach our staff to be aware of their situation in the patient's home and to report any potential hazards up the management chain so appropriate actions can be taken.

It is a tough issue but it is just a fact that there are people who have had health challenges that make it unsafe for them to have access to weapons. Sometimes it really is appropriate for medical personnel to ask about weapons accessibility. It isn't a conspiracy, it is about safety.

I understand what you're saying, and your concerns, but that's just another slippery slope situation. I'd like to see the hard numbers for actual shootings/stabbings/physical assaults versus the millions of home health care visits each day, before I concluded that it was an issue that needs to be addressed beyond what your company is ALREADY doing. You have taken what seems to me a good "common sense" approach..BE AWARE. Beyond that, I'd have to see a conclusive need for anything further...otherwise it can turn into the same rationale that proposes to disarm all gun owners because of the actions of a few. Who is going to make that decision, and on what criteria? It can't simply be something like anyone over a certain age, or anyone receiving home health care, must not have access to guns/knives/bats, etc... If someone flips out, even a vase or coffee mug becomes a viable weapon...so what "appropriate actions" do you recommend?