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National Nurses United: Utah nurse assault underscores need for national workplace violence prevention standard

What happens when nurses can’t even guarantee our own safety at work? How can we keep our patients safe if we aren’t safe?

(Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune) Attorney Kara Porter, left, holds a press conference Thursday August 31 to show previously undisclosed footage of a Salt Lake City police officer assaulting and arresting University of Utah Hospital on-duty nurse Alex Wubbels for following her hospital’s policy on blood draws from an unconscious victim. Wubbels was upset at watching her arrest on the video for following the law and procedures of the hospital.