Healthcare workers use their panic buttons more often during a full moon, a study found.
Regardless of the moon, healthcare workers are five times more likely to face workplace violence.
A new study suggests that healthcare workers use their panic buttons more frequently during a full moon, according to an analysis by Canopy, a hospital safety company.
Regardless of the phase of the moon, healthcare workers have always faced a greater degree of workplace violence and, in recent years, it has only gotten worse.
Surveys among nurses and physicians have reported significant increases in rates of violence toward healthcare workers since 2018.
Persons:
—, Axios, Shan Sinha
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Hospital staff, Service, US Bureau of Labor Statistics