title: Hospital security: is the patient at risk?
abstract: This article focuses on the safety and security of the hospital patient, especially the role of the caregiver, as an important element in today's hospital environment. The author believes that not only the nursing unit but the entire hospital employee staff must be utilized to provide a reasonably safe and secure environment for not only the patient, but the staff and visitors as well.
authors: Hospital Shared Services of Colorado, Denver.
authors: R L
authors: RL
authors: Colling
mesh_terms: D003415:Crime / Q000517:prevention & control*; D015285:Hospital-Patient Relations; D007318:Inservice Training; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education; D010564:Personnel, Hospital / Q000193:education; D012307:Risk Factors; D012637:Security Measures / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States