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Workplace Violence Toolkit

Statistics on Workplace Violence in New Brunswick

These sources provide a quantitative snapshot of violence and safety in the health care workforce in New Brunswick.


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Statistics, Work Safe New Brunswick

WorkSafeNB

Statistics on appeals, assessments, claims and injuries.

Workplace Violence and Registered Nurses

New Brunswick Nurses Union

Paula Doucet, NBNU President, shares the results of two surveys regarding registered nurses and their experiences of workplace violence. On the first survey of 400 randomly selected members, 54% had experienced some form of abuse in the past year. When the entire membership was polled, garnering 779 responses, 66% reported physical or verbal abuse or both during the preceding 12 months.