The  News Tribune in the Seattle area just reported that the most violent job in the metropolitan district is not a police officer or fireman.  No, cops and fireman are relatively safe compared to what is really the most violent job in the city.   A nurse’s aid.  That’s right. A nurse’s aid. According to [...]

The quantity of abuses found in healthcare are legion.   It’s really kind of nuts when you allow for abuses against the elderly and children,  theft, be it stealing for patients or stealing drugs.   There is physical abuse and mental abuse.   In some cases, patients enter healthcare facilities and emerge perhaps in worst shape than [...]

As the controversy on employment credit reports and their discriminating effects as a background check continues around the country, the State of Maryland has  imposed restriction on employment related credit reports.  House Bill 29 has been combined with Senate Bill 132 will restrict an employer’s use of the employment credit background check as a consideration for hiring. Maryland has [...]

Working in healthcare can be a dangerous occupation.  Maybe it is not like a cop or a fireman, but healthcare workers are subjected to a lot of violence.   A recent article in the Wall Street Journal attested that healthcare workers are often subjected to assault.  While there have been documented episodes of shootings, it [...]