MOHW censured over treatment of registered nursesBy Hsieh Chun-ling and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writerThe Control Yuan on Monday censured the Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW) after an investigation found that registered nurses were being overworked. Standards set by the ministry in 2000 stipulate that clinics in most areas should have one registered nurse on staff and five regular nurses. At one urban clinic each registered nurse was responsible for 48,702 patients, they added. Registered nurses’ work could also be dangerous, the members said, citing an incident of a person having a mental health episode who stabbed a registered nurse to death. Registered nurses are also often subjected to verbal and physical sexual harassment while conducting home visitations, they said, adding that the government should recognize nursing as a high-risk occupation.

Source: Taipei Times July 10, 2020 15:56 UTC