CMCP Diversity Matters - May/June 2018

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6 | California Minority Counsel Program “What is claimed as fact may owe more to faith than science and what is or is not controversial will lie in the eye of the beholder.”
CALIFORNIA ADOPTS NEW HEALTHCARE WORKPLACE VIOLENCE PREVENTION REGULATIONS What Employers Should Know Following the April 1, 2018 Deadline BY: RICARDO LOPEZ, ASSOCIATE JACKSON LEWIS P.C. INTRODUCTION On October 26, 2010, on what seemed like another ordinary day at Napa State Hospital, Dana Gross, a psychiatric technician, clocked in to work. At around 4:30 pm, she took her dinner break and went to Target to purchase some gum. Shortly after returning to work and clocking back in, she was attacked by Napa State Hospital patient, Jess Willard Massey. 1 Without notice or any apparent motive, Massey strangled Gross to death and left her body in the hospital’s courtyard. At the time of Gross’ death, staff members carried alarms to call for help in case of an emergency; these alarms, however, only worked inside the buildings, and not outside, such as the courtyard—the location where Gross’ body was found. 2 Massey stole Gross’ jewelry, $2, and the gum she had purchased earlier in the day. 3 Autopsy reports revealed that she died of asphyxia due to strangulation. 4 The following year, the Napa County Superior Court sentenced Massey to 25 years-to-life in state prison. 5 WORKPLACE VIOLENCE AMONG THE NURSING COMMUNITY Health care workers account for nearly 60 percent of the violent assaults that occur in the work place, 6 and they are 16 times more likely to experience violence. 7 Not surprisingly, nurses are disproportionately affected given their extensive Continued on next page... May/June 2018 | 7
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